Kennedy Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Runnymede local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1998. Memorial.

Kennedy Memorial

WRENN ID
moated-railing-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Runnymede
Constituency
Windsor MP: Jack Rankin (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 April 1998
Type
Memorial
Address
Kennedy Memorial, Egham
OS grid reference
SU 995 727
Coordinates
51.44525, -0.5685
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Kennedy Memorial is a tribute to President John F. Kennedy, who lived from 1917 to 1963. Designed by Geoffrey Jellicoe and constructed between 1964 and 1965, the memorial is made of Portland stone and measures 10 feet wide and 5 feet high, resting on a cyma-moulded granite base. The stone has a subtle curvature in all directions to prevent optical illusion and weighs seven tons, having been carved from a fourteen-ton block. It features an inscription that reads: "THIS ACRE OF ENGLISH GROUND WAS GIVEN TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE PEOPLE OF BRITAIN IN MEMORY OF JOHN F KENNEDY, BORN 29 MAY 1917: PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 1961-63: DIED BY AN ASSASSIN'S HAND 22 NOVEMBER 1963: 'Let every nation know whether it wishes us well or ill that we shall pay any price bear any burden meet any hardship support any friend or oppose any foe in order to assure the survival and success of liberty' - from the inaugural address of President Kennedy 10 January 1961." Additionally, two stone seats designed by Jellicoe are located a short distance away on the hillside.

Local climate

Kennedy Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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