Monument to John Jay 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 John Jay in Abney Park Cemetery

WRENN ID
grey-granite-moon
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 John Jay in Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington High Street, London, N16 0LH
OS grid reference
TQ 333 866
Coordinates
51.56336, -0.0775
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The monument to John Jay, who lived from 1805 to 1872, is located in Abney Park Cemetery. It features a white marble sarcophagus with an intricate moulded cover, lions' feet, and ornate acanthus decoration at the corners. John Jay was a prominent City contractor and, in 1840, he was the mason who built the chapel at Abney Park Cemetery, which was designed by William Hosking and is also listed. It is possible that the sarcophagus was carved in Jay's own workshop.

Local climate

Monument to John Jay 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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