Tomb of Michael Faraday 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 Michael Faraday in Highgate (Western) Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- sombre-beam-hemlock
- 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 Michael Faraday in Highgate (Western) Cemetery, Swain's Lane, London, N6 6PJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 285 871
- Coordinates
- 51.56816, -0.14703
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb of Michael Faraday is located in Highgate (Western) Cemetery and dates from around 1879. It features a pointed arch headstone made of stone, which is inscribed and has a moulded architrave, set on a stepped base.
Michael Faraday was a prominent chemist at the Royal Institution, known for being the first person to liquefy gases and for discovering electromagnetic induction of electric currents.
Local climate
Tomb of Michael Faraday 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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