Monument to James Selby is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 2011. Monument.
Monument to James Selby
- WRENN ID
- deep-nave-ebony
- 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 James Selby, Highgate Cemetery, Swain's Lane, Greater London, N6 6PJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 285 869
- Coordinates
- 51.56696, -0.14723
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to James Selby is a simple square-cut stone cross set on three square steps at the head of his grave plot, which is enclosed on three sides by posts and chains. The cross itself is unadorned, but the upper two steps feature inscriptions: ‘In memory of James William Selby, who died 14th Dec 1888 in his 46th year’ and ‘This monument was erected to the memory of James W Selby, the noted whip and proprietor of the Old Times coach as a mark of esteem by his many coaching friends.’ The lowest step is decorated with a relief of a horsewhip and post-horn, representing Selby's profession. Each post at the foot of the grave is embellished with a single inverted horseshoe.
Local climate
Monument to James Selby 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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