Shorne War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Gravesham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 2016. War memorial.
Shorne War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- low-chapel-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gravesham
- Constituency
- Gravesham MP: Dr Lauren Sullivan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Shorne War Memorial, St Peter and St Paul Church, Butcher's Hill, Kent, DA12 3EF
- OS grid reference
- TQ 690 710
- Coordinates
- 51.41334, 0.42975
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shorne War Memorial is located within the graveyard of the church of St Peter and St Paul, just inside the gate to the north of the church. It features a small stone wheel-head cross botonée, which stands on a tapering octagonal shaft. This shaft is set on a shallow out-sailing cornice of a square stone plinth, which in turn rests on a three-stepped stone base.
The cross shaft has four opposing sides, each adorned with 12 shields carved in relief, with three shields on each side (one at the top, one halfway down, and one just above the plinth). Nine of the shields are blank, while the three on the front side are carved in low relief, displaying the inscriptions PRO/ DEO at the top, the Kent County arms in the middle, and PRO/ PATRIA above a rosette at the bottom.
The front face of the plinth features the main dedicatory inscription: "TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ WHO MADE THE SUPREME/ SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919/ ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS OF/ SHORNE./ EVER SACRED TO THEIR MEMORY/ AND TO THOSE NAMED BELOW WHO/ FELL IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945" followed by three names.
The right face of the plinth has the inscription "THE STRIFE IS O’ER" along with seven names. The rear face reads "THE BATTLE DONE" with seven names listed. The left face states "NOW IS THE VICTORS TRIUMPH WON" and also includes seven names.
Local climate
Shorne 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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