Monument to Dan Taylor, Middle Enclosure is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 2011. Monument.
Monument to Dan Taylor, Middle Enclosure
- WRENN ID
- bitter-lancet-rye
- 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 Dan Taylor, Middle Enclosure, Bunhill Fields Burial Ground
- OS grid reference
- TQ 326 822
- Coordinates
- 51.52365, -0.08909
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument is a headstone of 1816, located within the Middle enclosure of Bunhill Fields Burial Ground. It is constructed from Portland stone and takes the form of a simple upright slab with a shaped top. The inscription commemorates Reverend Dan Taylor, alongside his daughter Jane Wallis and son-in-law John Harden. A text from Revelations 21:4 is also inscribed: 'And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain, for the former things are passed away.'
Dan Taylor (1738-1816) was a Baptist minister and the founder of the New Connexion, a significant federation of Baptist churches. Bunhill Fields was first enclosed as a burial ground in 1665 and became London's principal Nonconformist cemetery. The monument is listed at Grade II for its historical significance, commemorating a key figure in the Baptist church, and for its group value with other listed tombs within the Middle enclosure of the Grade I registered Bunhill Fields Burial Ground.
Local climate
Monument to Dan Taylor, Middle 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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