Monument to Sir Henry Knight Storks is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 2011. Monument.

Monument to Sir Henry Knight Storks

WRENN ID
sunken-gargoyle-solstice
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 Sir Henry Knight Storks, Highgate Cemetery, Swain's Lane, Greater London, N6 6PJ
OS grid reference
TQ 284 869
Coordinates
51.567, -0.14756
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The monument to Sir Henry Knight Storks is designed as a headstone with a gabled top, resembling a Gothic aedicule. It features a carved and moulded cornice above a pointed trefoil arch, which is supported by cylindrical colonettes with leaf capitals. Inside the aedicule, there are two crossed sabres, a laurel wreath, and a badge that displays Storks' military honours, including the insignia of the Order of the Bath and the Order of St Michael and St George, all carved in high relief. Below this, the text lists his numerous official appointments. In front of the headstone, there is a coped ledger slab set on a brick vault, with small stone uprights that were once connected by a chain, marking the boundary of the plot.

Local climate

Monument to Sir Henry Knight Storks 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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