Monument to Elizabeth Madox Brown 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 Elizabeth Madox Brown in Highgate (Western) Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- frozen-pilaster-violet
- 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 Elizabeth Madox Brown in Highgate (Western) Cemetery, Swain's Lane, London, N6 6PJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 283 869
- Coordinates
- 51.56688, -0.14912
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to Elizabeth Madox Brown is located in Highgate (Western) Cemetery and dates from 1846. It was designed by her husband, the Pre-Raphaelite painter Ford Madox Brown. The monument features a stone cross in Gothic style, positioned above an inscribed headstone that includes a sacred monogram surrounded by a crown of thorns. The arms of the cross are adorned with reliefs of grapes and ears of wheat, symbolizing the Eucharist and Christ's sacrifice. Additionally, there is a footstone topped with a circular finial that contains a cross. This monument commemorates the first wife of Ford Madox Brown, whose design is held in the Manchester City Art Gallery.
Local climate
Monument to Elizabeth Madox Brown 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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