Manston War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Thanet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 2015. War memorial.
Manston War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- last-shingle-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Thanet
- Constituency
- Herne Bay and Sandwich MP: Sir Roger Gale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 November 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Manston War Memorial, Junction of Manston Road, Preston Road and High Street, Kent, CT12 5BE
- OS grid reference
- TR 347 661
- Coordinates
- 51.34599, 1.3697
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Manston War Memorial is a stone structure located on a small green at the junction of High Street and Preston Road, surrounded by railings. It features a simple Latin cross with a moulded foot, which is set on a short octagonal column. This column rises from a chamfered plinth that sits on a square base. The memorial stands 2.7 metres tall.
On the front (south) face of the plinth, there is an inscription that reads "1914 – 1919/ IN HONOURED/ MEMORY," carved in low relief. The names of those who died in the First World War are listed on the sides of the plinth. Additionally, the rear of the plinth has an inscription that states "TO THOSE/ WHO FELL/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR," with a later inscription below it that reads "IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THOSE WHO FELL/ IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945/ (4 NAMES)." These inscriptions are incised and painted black.
Local climate
Manston 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 greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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