Fawkham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 April 2020. War memorial.
Fawkham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- tenth-rampart-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 April 2020
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Fawkham War Memorial, Village Green, Valley Road, Fawkham Green, Kent, DA3 8NS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 585 654
- Coordinates
- 51.36638, 0.27637
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fawkham War Memorial is situated on the village green, overlooking Valley Road. It features a rough-hewn Cornish granite Latin cross that rises from a tapering plinth, which is set on a square base made of York stone. The inscriptions on the memorial are in raised lead lettering.
On the east face of the plinth, there is an inset that displays the inscription: "THIS CROSS IS PLACED HERE IN ORDER THAT WE MAY NEVER FORGET (7 NAMES) OF THIS PARISH, WHO DIED FOR OUR COUNTRY 1914 – 18." Additionally, there is an inset square panel at the base of the cross on the same face, which bears the inscription: "1939 – 45 (1 NAME)."
The memorial is surrounded by a floral border and is enclosed by concrete post and chain fencing.
Local climate
Fawkham War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% 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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