Cobham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Gravesham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 June 2016. War memorial.
Cobham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- high-gravel-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gravesham
- Constituency
- Gravesham MP: Dr Lauren Sullivan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 June 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Cobham War Memorial, Junction of Cobhambury Road and Lodge Lane, Kent, DA12 3BP
- OS grid reference
- TQ 673 684
- Coordinates
- 51.39008, 0.40441
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cobham War Memorial is situated next to the road at the junction of Lodge Lane and Cobhambury Road, elevated from street level by a low rubble-stone plinth. Curved steps on either side lead to a lawn at the rear. The memorial features a plain wheel-head cross with a tapering, lozenge-sectioned shaft and a moulded foot, which stands on a two-stage, octagonal base.
The main dedicatory inscription encircles the upper stage of the base, beginning from the front face, and reads: "TO THE MEMORY/ OF THE MEN/ OF COBHAM/ WHO DIED FOR/ THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ + 1914-1918 +/ SIC ITER AD ASTRA." Below this, the names of those who lost their lives in the First World War are inscribed. The lower stage of the base includes the inscription "ALSO TO THE MEMORY/ OF THOSE WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES 1939-1945," also accompanied by names below.
In front of the steps, there are pairs of bollards, each with a short chain, although these features are not of special interest.
Local climate
Cobham War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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