Monument to Eliza Vaughan 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 Eliza Vaughan in Highgate (Western) Cemetery

WRENN ID
woven-storey-fog
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 Eliza Vaughan in Highgate (Western) Cemetery, Swain's Lane, London, N6 6PJ
OS grid reference
TQ 283 870
Coordinates
51.56815, -0.14979
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The monument to Eliza Vaughan, who died in 1858, is located in Highgate (Western) Cemetery. It was designed by Joseph Edwards and features a large marble statue representing Religion. The statue depicts a draped woman standing on a rock, holding a Bible in her left hand while her right hand rests on her breast. Joseph Edwards, the designer, is buried nearby. Historically, Mrs. Vaughan was the wife of a clergyman, and this memorial gained popularity during its time through engravings.

Local climate

Monument to Eliza Vaughan 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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