Tomb with Railings, East Enclosure is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 2011. Tomb.
Tomb with Railings, East Enclosure
- WRENN ID
- rusted-mantel-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Islington
- Constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 2011
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Tomb with Railings, East Enclosure, Bunhill Fields Burial Ground
- OS grid reference
- TQ 327 822
- Coordinates
- 51.52361, -0.08771
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb with railings in the East enclosure of Bunhill Fields Burial Ground dates from the late 18th century or early 19th century. It is a chest tomb made of Portland stone, featuring a simple stone slab on a low moulded base, surrounded by spear-topped wrought-iron railings that have urn finials at the corners and mid-points.
Bunhill Fields was established 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 church. It is the burial site of notable figures such as John Bunyan, Daniel Defoe, and William Blake. The cemetery was closed for burials in 1853, converted into a public park in 1867, and underwent re-landscaping after war damage in 1964-1965.
This tomb is designated for its late-Georgian style and the fact that it retains its original railed enclosure. It is part of the Grade I registered Bunhill Fields Burial Ground and holds group value with other listed tombs in the east enclosure.
Local climate
Tomb with Railings, East 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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