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

Monument to Henry Gray

WRENN ID
former-wicket-crag
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 Henry Gray, Highgate Cemetery, Swain's Lane, Greater London, N6 6PJ
OS grid reference
TQ 284 871
Coordinates
51.56835, -0.14846
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Monument to Henry Gray is a simple ledger stone featuring a slightly bowed top. The inscription commemorates Henry Gray of Wilton Street, Belgrave Square, a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, who passed away on 18th June 1861 at the age of 34. It also honors Mrs. Ann Gray, his mother, who died on 15th December 1866 at the age of 74. At the foot of the slab, there is a plot number along with the name of the mason, Robert Daniel of Highgate.

Local climate

Monument to Henry Gray 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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