Tomb of Harry Thornton in Highgate (Eastern) Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. Tomb.
Tomb of Harry Thornton in Highgate (Eastern) Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- young-cobalt-laurel
- 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 Harry Thornton in Highgate (Eastern) Cemetery, Swains Lane
- OS grid reference
- TQ 286 867
- Coordinates
- 51.56481, -0.14491
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tomb of Harry Thornton is located in Highgate (Eastern) Cemetery and dates from around 1918. It features a grand piano sculpted from marble, which is positioned on a raised plinth surrounded by kerbing. The piano was originally designed with an open lid and a portrait relief on the music stand, both of which are now missing. The kerbing includes dies that have pyramidal caps. Harry Thornton was a concert pianist known for entertaining troops during the First World War; he passed away during the flu epidemic of 1918.
Local climate
Tomb of Harry Thornton in Highgate (Eastern) 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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