War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- guardian-roof-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, Highgate, Hawkhurst
- OS grid reference
- TQ 760 305
- Coordinates
- 51.04736, 0.51004
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial in Hawkhurst, erected in 1921, is a notable granite structure standing about 10 feet high. It is designed as a tall square casket with panels on all sides. The memorial features a moulded cornice adorned with anthemion carving, topped by a Celtic cross with a gadrooned base and a deep plinth. The front panel includes a moulded swag and an inscription, while the other panels list the names of those who fell in the First World War. Additional names from the Second World War are inscribed on the plinth. The entire monument is set on a York stone base, accompanied by three concrete steps and low cast iron railings.
Local climate
War Memorial receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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