Tomb of Christina Rossetti and Elizabeth Siddall 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 Christina Rossetti and Elizabeth Siddall in Highgate (Western) Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- rooted-rood-sorrel
- 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 Christina Rossetti and Elizabeth Siddall in Highgate (Western) Cemetery, Swain's Lane, London, N6 6PJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 283 869
- Coordinates
- 51.56691, -0.14913
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb of Christina Rossetti and Elizabeth Siddall is located in Highgate (Western) Cemetery and dates from the late 19th century. It is made of marble and serves as a headstone inscribed in memory of Christina Rossetti, a poet and theological writer, and her husband, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, a Pre-Raphaelite painter. The tomb also commemorates Elizabeth Siddall, who was buried with a manuscript of Rossetti's earlier poems.
A notable historical event related to this tomb occurred in 1869 when Rossetti, aspiring to further his poetic ambitions, secretly exhumed Siddall's remains at night to retrieve his only complete earlier volume of poetry, which was published in 1870 under the title "Poems."
Local climate
Tomb of Christina Rossetti and Elizabeth Siddall 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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