Memorial to Sir John Moore is a Grade II listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1975. Memorial.
Memorial to Sir John Moore
- WRENN ID
- seventh-tracery-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Constituency
- Folkestone and Hythe MP: Tony Vaughan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1975
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Memorial to Sir John Moore, High Street, Sandgate
- OS grid reference
- TR 200 350
- Coordinates
- 51.07273, 1.13981
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The memorial to Sir John Moore was erected in 1909 and is made of reconstituted stone. It features a bronze bust and a plaque. Sir John Moore, known as the hero of Corunna, lived near this site while he was in command of the Shorncliffe camp from 1803 to 1804.
Local climate
Memorial to Sir John Moore receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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