Tomb of Joanna Baillie and Attached Railings in St Johns Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1999. Tomb.
Tomb of Joanna Baillie and Attached Railings in St Johns Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- swift-lantern-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 January 1999
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Tomb of Joanna Baillie and Attached Railings in St Johns Churchyard, Church Row
- OS grid reference
- TQ 262 855
- Coordinates
- 51.5551, -0.18041
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb of Joanna Baillie, located in St John's Churchyard, is a chest tomb dating from around 1806. It features reeded pilasters and is surrounded by wrought-iron spear-headed railings. This tomb is particularly significant as it marks the resting place of Joanna Baillie, a prominent literary figure and friend of Walter Scott, who passed away in 1852. There is a commemorative plaque for her in Bolton House, Windmill Hill.
Local climate
Tomb of Joanna Baillie and Attached Railings in St Johns Churchyard 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 98% 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 30 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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- 4 Tomb of Gillam Scott in St Johns Churchyard
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