Tomb of Jacob Arnhold in Hampstead Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1999. Tomb.

Tomb of Jacob Arnhold in Hampstead Cemetery

WRENN ID
roaming-rampart-sunrise
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 January 1999
Type
Tomb
Address
Tomb of Jacob Arnhold in Hampstead Cemetery, Fortune Green Road
OS grid reference
TQ 249 856
Coordinates
51.55593, -0.19952
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Tomb of Jacob Arnhold in Hampstead Cemetery is a Grade II listed structure dating from around 1903. It features a stone pedestal with a headstone that has an inscribed shrouded figure kneeling behind it. The figure's torso is visible over the top, with the left arm supporting its head, eyes closed, and the right hand holding an inscribed urn. The top of the headstone bears the inscription, "How good! How kind!/And he is gone!" Surrounding the tomb is a stone kerb with a pyramid cap die and geometric patterned cast-iron railings.

Local climate

Tomb of Jacob Arnhold in Hampstead Cemetery sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 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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