War Memorial North West of Church of the Holy Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1984. War memorial.

War Memorial North West of Church of the Holy Cross

WRENN ID
final-frieze-evening
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 July 1984
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial North West of Church of the Holy Cross, Church Lane, Bearsted
OS grid reference
TQ 801 555
Coordinates
51.27045, 0.58063
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The war memorial located northwest of the Church of the Holy Cross commemorates those who fell in the First and Second World Wars. It was erected in 1920. The memorial is made of stone and features a decorative cross on an octagonal shaft, which has a carved capital and broach stops at the base. This shaft stands on a square block with chamfered corners and large ornamental broach stops. Dedications are inscribed on the south and west faces of the block. Beneath the block are three octagonal steps, with names inscribed on the risers, and the memorial has a deeply coved octagonal base.

Local climate

War Memorial North West of Church of the Holy Cross sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Church of the Holy Cross Grade I 21 m
  2. Table Tomb of Duckelbery Family Immediately South of Vestry of Church of the Holy Cross Grade II 39 m
  3. Mote House Grade II 74 m
  4. Corner Cottage Hazel Cottage Grade II 214 m
  5. Maybank Grade II 242 m
  6. Bearsted House Grade II 244 m
  7. Black Horse Oast and Bryony Oast the Oasts Grade II 256 m
  8. Mote Hall Oast and Hop Kiln Oast the Oasts Grade II 268 m
  9. Bell House Grade II 293 m
  10. Gore Cottage Grade II 307 m