War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. War memorial.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- gilded-frieze-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- War Memorial, the Green, Speldhurst
- OS grid reference
- TQ 542 391
- Coordinates
- 51.13089, 0.20267
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The War Memorial, located on the south side of The Green in Langton Green, was built around 1919, with an additional plaque added in 1946. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar and features a tall Gothic-style cross dedicated to those who lost their lives in the First World War. The memorial has a tall, slightly tapering octagonal shaft topped with a cross that has a fleuree design. The shaft includes small gabled buttresses and is set in a chamfered socket stone on a tall pedestal with a moulded top. The corners of the pedestal are chamfered, and the wider chamfers at the top are adorned with shields carved with Sacred Emblems, tapering below through a stop to a narrower chamfer.
On the south side, a plaque honors the fallen from the First World War, while plaques on the other sides list their names. The pedestal stands on an octagonal four-step plinth, which is set on a paved base. A brass plaque on the top step commemorates the local dead of the Second World War.
Local climate
War Memorial receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% 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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