Robinson Family Monument, South Enclosure is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 2011. Monument.
Robinson Family Monument, South Enclosure
- WRENN ID
- errant-plaster-wren
- 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
- Robinson Family Monument, South Enclosure, Bunhill Fields Burial Ground
- OS grid reference
- TQ 327 822
- Coordinates
- 51.52338, -0.08822
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Robinson family monument is an early 19th-century headstone located in the South Enclosure of Bunhill Fields Burial Ground. It is made of sandstone and features a Portland footstone. The monument consists of an upright slab with a shaped top that contains an elliptical plaque inscribed with the words: 'The Family Grave / of / SAMUEL ROBINSON / Finsbury Place'. Below the plaque, there is a band of Neoclassical ornament with simple rectangular panels, which continue down the sides of the slab as a pair of short channelled pilasters topped with roundels. This design reflects the stripped Neoclassicism style perfected by the architect Sir John Soane. The inscription commemorates Samuel Robinson (who died in 1835), his wife Marianne, and their two infant children. At the base of the monument is a small shaped footstone.
Bunhill Fields was first enclosed as a burial ground in 1665 and became London's main Nonconformist cemetery due to its location just outside the City boundary and its independence from any Established place of worship. It is the burial site of notable figures such as John Bunyan, Daniel Defoe, and William Blake. The burial ground was closed in 1853, turned into a public park in 1867, and underwent re-landscaping after war damage in 1964-5.
The Robinson family monument is recognized for its exceptional preservation and unique 'Soanean' ornamentation, and it holds group value with other listed tombs in the south enclosure of the Grade I registered Bunhill Fields Burial Ground.
Local climate
Robinson Family Monument, 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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