Tomb of Sir Harry Smith East North East of Cemetery Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Fenland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 March 2000. Tomb.
Tomb of Sir Harry Smith East North East of Cemetery Chapel
- WRENN ID
- tired-truss-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Fenland
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire MP: Steve Barclay (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 March 2000
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Tomb of Sir Harry Smith East North East of Cemetery Chapel, Whittlesey
- OS grid reference
- TL 274 973
- Coordinates
- 52.55869, -0.12076
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb of Sir Harry Smith is a chest tomb located east north east of the cemetery chapel in Whittlesey, dating from around 1860. It is made of granite and limestone and features decorative cast-iron railings that surround the plot. The granite tomb has inscriptions dedicated to Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Smith, who died in 1860, and his wife Juana, who died in 1872. The base of the tomb lists the many battles in which Sir Harry fought. One side of the tomb displays a large bronze plaque bearing the words spoken by the Duke of Wellington in the House of Lords, likely during the time Parliament expressed its gratitude to Sir Harry for his victory at Aliwal in 1846. Sir Harry became Governor of Cape Colony in 1847, and the towns of Harrismith and Ladysmith are named in honor of him and his wife.
Local climate
Tomb of Sir Harry Smith East North East of Cemetery Chapel sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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