Elham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Elham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- haunted-grate-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Constituency
- Ashford MP: Sojan Joseph (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Elham War Memorial, Junction of the Row and High Street, Kent, CT4 6SY
- OS grid reference
- TR 176 441
- Coordinates
- 51.1551, 1.11166
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Elham War Memorial is located at the northern end of High Street. It features a decorative wrought iron cross with a figure of Christ crucified, embellished with gilded sun bursts. This cross rises from a moulded capital atop a tapering, octagonal shaft, which stands on a square plinth raised on a round, five-stepped base. Surrounding the memorial is a small concrete pavement and kerb.
On the north-facing side of the plinth, there is an inscription that reads "1914 – 1918 / IN MEMORIAM / R.I.P." The other sides of the plinth list the names of the men who died in the First World War. Additionally, an inscription around the top step of the base states "ALSO / 1939 – 1945," along with the names of those who fell in the Second World War. All inscriptions are incised.
Local climate
Elham War Memorial 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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- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1995
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