Monument to Ferdinand Thomas Barzetti is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 2011. Monument.

Monument to Ferdinand Thomas Barzetti

WRENN ID
sacred-gutter-snow
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 Ferdinand Thomas Barzetti, Highgate (East) Cemetery, Swains Lane, Greater London, N6 6PJ
OS grid reference
TQ 286 867
Coordinates
51.56485, -0.1456
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a simple headstone featuring a flared Gothic-arched top. It is decorated with crossed British and American flags carved in bas-relief. The inscription, in bold leaded lettering, states: 'IN LOVING MEMORY OF FERDINAND THOMAS BARZETTI, who fought under the name of THOMAS SHEPHERD in the AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. Died February 1914, in his 78th Year.'

Local climate

Monument to Ferdinand Thomas Barzetti 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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