Tomb of John Jeffkins 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 John Jeffkins in Highgate (Western) Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- peeling-pillar-dock
- 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 John Jeffkins in Highgate (Western) Cemetery, Swain's Lane, London, N6 6PJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 284 872
- Coordinates
- 51.56916, -0.14831
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb of John Jeffkins, located in Highgate (Western) Cemetery, is a gabled chest tomb dating from around 1861. It is constructed of stone and designed in the Gothic style. The tomb has a rectangular plan with gabled ends. The long sides feature pointed arch blind arcading supported by colonnettes with enriched capitals, and there is an enriched cornice. The gable end includes a shallow pointed arch inscribed recess, above which is a carved relief chaplet. The stone pitched roof is ridged to resemble lead.
Local climate
Tomb of John Jeffkins 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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