Monument to Sampson Copestake is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 2011. Monument.

Monument to Sampson Copestake

WRENN ID
tattered-lintel-lake
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 December 2011
Type
Monument
Address
Monument to Sampson Copestake, Highgate (West) Cemetery, Swains Lane, Greater London, N6 6PJ
OS grid reference
TQ 283 871
Coordinates
51.5683, -0.14969
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Monument to Sampson Copestake is a very large structure made of polished grey granite, prominently located on the Upper Circle. It has a square shape and features an arca, or tapering chest, beneath a heavy moulded cover. This cover is supported at each corner by three Doric colonnettes. An inscription on the monument commemorates Sampson Copestake, who died in 1874, his wife Anne, who died in 1863, and their son Sampson, who died in 1917. The edge of the cover is decorated with incised Greek key ornament. The arca is set on a tall and richly moulded base, which includes a course of rock-faced rustication just above ground level.

Local climate

Monument to Sampson Copestake sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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