Tomb of Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin and Mary Jane Godwin, St Pancras Old Church Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1999. Tomb.
Tomb of Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin and Mary Jane Godwin, St Pancras Old Church Gardens
- WRENN ID
- north-bonework-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 January 1999
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Tomb of Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin and Mary Jane Godwin, St Pancras Old Church Gardens, Pancras Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 297 835
- Coordinates
- 51.53568, -0.13032
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb of Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin, and Mary Jane Godwin is a pedestal tomb located in St Pancras Old Church Gardens. It dates from the late 18th century and is made of Portland stone. The tomb is square in shape and features a moulded rectangular base. The central part of the pedestal, known as the die, was carefully reinstated with new lettering in 1992. The die is inscribed in Roman capitals on three faces, with a deep overhanging moulded cornice top.
On the west face, it reads: ‘MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT GODWIN Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman born 27th April 1750 Died 10th September 1797’. The south face states: ‘WILLIAM GODWIN author of Political Justice born 3rd March 1756 Died 7th April 1836 Aged 80 years’. The east face commemorates: ‘MARY JANE Second Wife of WILLIAM GODWIN Died 17th June 1841 Aged 75 years’.
Local climate
Tomb of Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin and Mary Jane Godwin, St Pancras Old Church Gardens sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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