Monument to Thomas Rosewell, South Enclosure is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 2011. Monument.
Monument to Thomas Rosewell, South Enclosure
- WRENN ID
- deep-slate-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Islington
- Constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 2011
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to Thomas Rosewell, South Enclosure, Bunhill Fields Burial Ground
- OS grid reference
- TQ 327 822
- Coordinates
- 51.52351, -0.0882
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument is a headstone commemorating Thomas Rosewell, located within the south enclosure of Bunhill Fields Burial Ground. It was renewed in 1867. Constructed from Portland stone, the monument consists of an upright slab with a shaped top and a small footstone at its base. An inscription reads: 'Thomas Rosewell / Nonconformist Minister / Rotherhithe / Died 1692 / Tried for High Treason under the infamous Jeffries / see state trials 1681.' A secondary inscription records the 1867 renewal by a descendant. Thomas Rosewell (1630-92) was a Presbyterian minister and writer known for his involvement in the treason trials of the 1680s. Initially a silk-weaver, he later pursued clerical education and served as a minister in Rotherhithe. He was accused of sedition and tried for high treason under Lord Chief Justice George Jeffreys, initially sentenced to death but later pardoned. Bunhill Fields Burial Ground was first enclosed in 1665 and became a principal Nonconformist cemetery, containing the graves of notable figures. The monument is designated at Grade II for its commemoration of a significant late 17th-century Dissenting minister and its group value within the Grade I registered Bunhill Fields Burial Ground.
Local climate
Monument to Thomas Rosewell, South Enclosure 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 95% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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