War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 2003. War memorial.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- wild-flue-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 2003
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Main Road, Knockholt
- OS grid reference
- TQ 467 589
- Coordinates
- 51.31031, 0.10474
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial in Knockholt was completed in 1923 and is made of stone with a bronze relief. It features a square stone column that is battered at the base, topped with a moulded cornice and a pedimented cap adorned with a laurel wreath. The memorial stands on two stone steps. The panel facing the street displays a bronze relief of a First World War soldier, who is wearing a backpack with a helmet attached, standing in a mourning pose while supporting his rifle. The plinth is inscribed with the words: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ LOVING AND EVER GRATEFUL/ REMEMBRANCE OF THE/ MEN OF KNOCKHOLT/ WHO FOUGHT AND DIED/ FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918." The left panel lists the names of those who fell in the First World War, including Major Alexander Malins Lafone VC, while the right panel commemorates those who fell in the Second World War. The rear panel is blank.
Local climate
War Memorial receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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