Maidstone Borough War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 June 2011. War memorial.
Maidstone Borough War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- keen-basalt-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling MP: Helen Grant (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 June 2011
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Maidstone Borough War Memorial, Tonbridge Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 755 554
- Coordinates
- 51.27132, 0.51576
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Maidstone Borough War Memorial is a notable structure made of limestone, featuring a bronze figure. It is located at the junction of two main roads leading west out of Maidstone. The memorial consists of a bronze statue of St George standing triumphantly over the slain dragon, positioned on a tall cenotaph-like limestone plinth and base. Surrounding the memorial is a low stone wall.
St George is depicted in full armor, with his left foot resting on the dragon's body. He holds an erect lance in his right hand, from which a pennon flies, while in his left hand he carries a shaped shield, which also rests on the dragon.
The front face of the memorial features an inscription that reads: IN HONOUR OF / OUR GLORIOUS DEAD / WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN / THE GREAT WAR / FOR EVER HONOURED / AND / FOR EVER MOURNED / 1914 1918 / 1939 1945 / AND / IN LATER CONFLICTS.
There is an additional short inscription on the rear, and a wreath is carved in relief on either side of the plinth.
Local climate
Maidstone Borough War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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