Monument to Frank Bostock in Abney Park Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Hackney local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1997. Monument.
Monument to Frank Bostock in Abney Park Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-basalt-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hackney
- Constituency
- Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP: Ms Diane Abbott (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1997
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to Frank Bostock in Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington High Street, London, N16 0LH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 333 867
- Coordinates
- 51.56399, -0.07808
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to Frank Bostock, who lived from 1866 to 1912 and was a menagerist, is located in Abney Park Cemetery. It features a white marble chest topped with a recumbent lion. The monument was crafted by Millward and Co, masons. It is a copy of the monument at Highgate Cemetery dedicated to George Wombwell, who died in 1850, which is also listed.
Local climate
Monument to Frank Bostock in Abney Park 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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