Monument to Lieutenant Albert Darasz and others in Highgate (Western) Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1999. Monument.

Monument to Lieutenant Albert Darasz and others in Highgate (Western) Cemetery

WRENN ID
waning-beam-khaki
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 January 1999
Type
Monument
Address
Monument to Lieutenant Albert Darasz and others in Highgate (Western) Cemetery, Swain's Lane, London, N6 6PJ
OS grid reference
TQ 284 869
Coordinates
51.56639, -0.14818
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The monument to Lieutenant Albert Darasz and others is located in Highgate (Western) Cemetery and was created around 1852. It features an eagle with a banner emerging from a tomb and raising an inscribed tomb slab, made from marble and Portland stone. This monument commemorates several Polish nationalist exiles who fled to London after the failed uprising of 1848 and symbolizes the resurrection of the Polish nation. It is one of several monuments in the area dedicated to Polish nationalists.

Local climate

Monument to Lieutenant Albert Darasz and others in Highgate (Western) Cemetery 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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