Monument to Leslie Stephen in Highgate (Eastern) Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1999. Monument.

Monument to Leslie Stephen in Highgate (Eastern) Cemetery

WRENN ID
final-parapet-jackdaw
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 January 1999
Type
Monument
Address
Monument to Leslie Stephen in Highgate (Eastern) Cemetery, Swains Lane
OS grid reference
TQ 286 869
Coordinates
51.5669, -0.14554
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The monument to Sir Leslie Stephen, who died in 1904, is located in Highgate (Eastern) Cemetery. It is a stone headstone featuring a relief design of lilies and leaves. This monument is one of a pair; the other commemorates his step-daughter Stella Hills, who died in 1897. Sir Leslie Stephen was notable for founding the Dictionary of National Biography and was a literary critic and philosopher. He was also the father of Virginia Woolf.

Local climate

Monument to Leslie Stephen in Highgate (Eastern) 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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