Monument to Mary Nichols is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 2011. Monument. 5 related planning applications.
Monument to Mary Nichols
- WRENN ID
- lone-mortar-indigo
- 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 Mary Nichols, Highgate Cemetery, Swains Lane, Greater London, N6 6PJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 284 871
- Coordinates
- 51.56849, -0.14867
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Monument to Mary Nichols is located on the slope next to the path leading to the cemetery's north-east gate. It features a white marble sculpture of an angel asleep on a bed of clouds, which rests on a thick black marble slab. Beneath the sculpture is an inscription panel that reads: 'In Ever Loving Memory of Mary, the darling wife of Arthur Nichols and fondly loved mother of their only son Harold, who fell asleep 7th May 1909.' The monument also commemorates Harold's infant son Dennis, who died in 1916.
Local climate
Monument to Mary Nichols 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Tomb of Harry Hall at Mill Road Cemetery
- 2 Hooper Monument,About 7m South-South-West of South Door in Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- 3 Montefiore Memorial, Approximately 8 Metres South of South East Corner of South Aisle, Church of St Peter
- 4 Nichols Memorial Approximately 4.5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St George
- 5 Sculpture of the Angel of Peace at St Mary and All Saints Church
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