Monument to John Galsworthy in Highgate (Western) Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. Grave monument.
Monument to John Galsworthy in Highgate (Western) Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- narrow-buttress-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1974
- Type
- Grave monument
- Address
- Monument to John Galsworthy in Highgate (Western) Cemetery, Swains Lane
- OS grid reference
- TQ 283 871
- Coordinates
- 51.56832, -0.14895
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to John Galsworthy is located in Highgate (Western) Cemetery and dates from around 1933. It is made of granite and consists of two rectangular inscribed slabs set on a raised base. The right-hand slab features a rough hewn Celtic cross on an inscribed plinth. John Galsworthy was a notable novelist and playwright who received the Nobel Prize for literature. Although this is the Galsworthy family grave, it serves as a monument solely to John Galsworthy, who was cremated and had his ashes scattered over the Sussex Downs.
Local climate
Monument to John Galsworthy 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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