Tomb of George Holyoake in Highgate (Eastern) Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. Tomb.
Tomb of George Holyoake in Highgate (Eastern) Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- pale-flagstone-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1974
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Tomb of George Holyoake in Highgate (Eastern) Cemetery, Swains Lane
- OS grid reference
- TQ 287 869
- Coordinates
- 51.56637, -0.14398
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb of George Holyoake is located in Highgate (Eastern) Cemetery and dates from around 1906. It features a granite headstone with a central attached column, which is inscribed with political quotations. The headstone is topped with scrolls that flank a finely sculptured stone portrait bust of Holyoake. George Holyoake was known as a Chartist and a propagandist for the co-operative movement.
Local climate
Tomb of George Holyoake in Highgate (Eastern) 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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- 81, Swains Lane
- Lodge at Swains Lane Entrance and Attached Railings, Piers and Gates