Monument to Joseph Hodgson 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 Joseph Hodgson in Highgate (Western) Cemetery

WRENN ID
standing-grate-briar
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 Joseph Hodgson in Highgate (Western) Cemetery, Swain's Lane, London, N6 6PJ
OS grid reference
TQ 284 871
Coordinates
51.56889, -0.14829
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The monument to Joseph Hodgson, who died in 1869, is located in Highgate (Western) Cemetery. It features a sarcophagus made of marble and Portland stone, adorned with engaged angle colonnettes and a relief portrait roundel on one end.

Local climate

Monument to Joseph Hodgson 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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