War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 April 1990. War memorial.

War Memorial

WRENN ID
calm-sandstone-spindle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sevenoaks
Constituency
Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 April 1990
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial, Kippington Road
OS grid reference
TQ 521 545
Coordinates
51.27019, 0.17934
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The war memorial, built around 1919 by Sir T G Jackson, is located on Kippington Road in Sevenoaks. It features a moulded octagonal stone plinth that is topped by three octagonal stone steps. The base is also octagonal and supports a tapering octagonal shaft, which is decorated with laurel wreaths near the bottom and topped with a Celtic cross. The inscription on the memorial reads: "IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF KIPPINGTON WHO DIED FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918."

Local climate

War Memorial receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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