Tomb of Charles Green Spencer in Highgate (Western) Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. Tomb.
Tomb of Charles Green Spencer in Highgate (Western) Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- lone-chamber-dock
- 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 Charles Green Spencer in Highgate (Western) Cemetery, Swain's Lane, London, N6 6PJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 285 870
- Coordinates
- 51.56794, -0.147
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb of Charles Green Spencer is located in Highgate (Western) Cemetery and dates from around 1890. It is made of stone and features a pedestal on a stepped inscribed base. The pedestal is adorned with a carved relief of an ascending hot air balloon, along with an inscription and a projecting cornice. Charles Green Spencer was known as a balloonist and was the head of C.G Spencer and Sons, aeronauts based in Holloway.
Local climate
Tomb of Charles Green Spencer 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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- 1 Spencer Monument About 3 Yards North-East of the Church of St Nicholas
- 2 Monument to William Spencer Approximately 8 Metres South of East Corner of South Chapel at St George's Church
- 3 Tomb of Herbert Spencer in Highgate (Eastern) Cemetery
- 4 Spencer Memorial Approximately 14 Metres South East of South Transept of Church of St Mary
- 5 Spencer Monument in the Churchyard About 7 Metres East of Apse of Church of Holy Trinity
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