Hollingbourne War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 2013. War memorial.
Hollingbourne War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- moated-chalk-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 June 2013
- Type
- War memorial
- OS grid reference
- TQ 839 548
- Coordinates
- 51.26338, 0.63566
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hollingbourne War Memorial is located on the north side of Eyhorne Street, between the villages of Hollingbourne and Eyhorne Street. It features a rough-hewn granite Celtic cross set on a three-tier granite base, which sits on a low concrete plinth. After the Second World War, three wedge-shaped granite blocks were added to the front and sides of the lower tier of the base, with further additions made in 2006. The cross is enclosed by low walls made of Kentish ragstone, topped with concrete, and can be accessed via two stone steps.
The memorial bears an inscription in lead lettering on an incised panel on the front of the top tier, which reads: "SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ THROUGH THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918." The names of those who fell in the First World War are inscribed on the middle tier, while the names of the fallen from the Second World War are on the front granite wedge. Additional names from both wars are inscribed on the two side wedges.
Local climate
Hollingbourne War Memorial 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.
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