Men of Pembury War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 2019. A Modern War memorial.
Men of Pembury War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- fossil-dormer-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Period
- Modern
- Address
- Men of Pembury War Memorial, Hastings Road, Near Junction with Chalket Lane, Kent, TN2 4PD
- OS grid reference
- TQ 625 407
- Coordinates
- 51.14259, 0.32283
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Men of Pembury War Memorial is a limestone cenotaph that was unveiled in 1921 and altered in 1949. It is located on Hastings Road in Pembury, near the village green and the Church of St Peter, which is a Grade II* listed building. The memorial is surrounded by low hedging and soft planting.
The monument is made of limestone and features a large square platform that is accessed by four steps on its northern side. At the center, a plinth supports a cenotaph designed in the shape of a pylon. The top of the pylon has a gabled cornice detail on the northern side, with the cornice extending around the entire pylon. Beneath the gabled cornice, there is a carved relief of a Celtic wheel cross.
The top of the pylon displays the inscription '1914 - 1919' in inset lead lettering. Below this, a raised panel bears the inscription 'DUTY HONOUR SELF-SACRIFICE,' and underneath is a stone plaque that commemorates those who fell in the First World War. Below this plaque is the inscription '1939 - 1945,' along with a second stone plaque honoring those who fell in the Second World War. The sides and rear of the monument are left plain.
Local climate
Men of Pembury War Memorial receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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