Tomb of Frederick Lillywhite 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 Frederick Lillywhite in Highgate (Western) Cemetery

WRENN ID
hidden-flue-finch
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 Frederick Lillywhite in Highgate (Western) Cemetery, Swain's Lane, London, N6 6PJ
OS grid reference
TQ 284 872
Coordinates
51.56929, -0.14843
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Tomb of Frederick Lillywhite is located in Highgate (Western) Cemetery and dates from around 1854. It is made of marble and features a pedestal with a broken column. The tomb has a stepped plinth that includes an escutcheon with carved crossed cricket bats in front of bails being broken by a ball. The inscribed pedestal has an enriched frieze and a projecting pedimented top adorned with wreaths and ribbons in the tympana and anthemia at the angles. At the center, a stepped plinth supports a fluted broken column that is wreathed with a floral and fruit garland.

Frederick Lillywhite was a cricketer known for introducing round arm bowling, and the monument was erected through public subscription.

Local climate

Tomb of Frederick Lillywhite 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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