Monument to John Maple in Highgate (Western) Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1999. Monument.
Monument to John Maple in Highgate (Western) Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- drifting-vault-moss
- 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 John Maple in Highgate (Western) Cemetery, Swain's Lane, London, N6 6PJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 283 871
- Coordinates
- 51.56832, -0.14978
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to John Maple, who died in 1900, is located in Highgate (Western) Cemetery. It was created by the sculptors C Maile and Sons and is made of marble, Portland stone, and grey and pink granite. The structure features a two-stage table tomb. The lower section is a tomb chest adorned with six bas reliefs depicting scenes from the life of Christ, positioned between squat pilasters. The upper stage resembles a table tomb, with a shallow pyramidal slab supported by six colonnettes over a stone coffin that includes inset inscription panels. John Maple was the founder of a highly successful furniture business.
Local climate
Monument to John Maple 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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