Matfield War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 2001. War memorial.

Matfield War Memorial

WRENN ID
low-slate-dew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tunbridge Wells
Constituency
Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 August 2001
Type
War memorial
Address
Matfield War Memorial, Maidstone Road, Brenchley and Matfield
OS grid reference
TQ 654 408
Coordinates
51.14317, 0.36337
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Matfield War Memorial is a war memorial built in the early 1920s. It features a cross made of Portland stone with splayed ends and a moulded base, standing on a tall octagonal plinth. The names of the fallen from Matfield are inscribed in flush lead lettering on the plinth, with additional names engraved on the three octagonal stone steps.

Local climate

Matfield 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 greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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