Monument to Lady Agnes Erskine, North Section is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 2011. Chest tomb.
Monument to Lady Agnes Erskine, North Section
- WRENN ID
- carved-frieze-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Islington
- Constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 2011
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Address
- Monument to Lady Agnes Erskine, North Section, Bunhill Fields Burial Ground
- OS grid reference
- TQ 326 823
- Coordinates
- 51.52413, -0.08941
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument is an early 19th-century chest tomb located in the North Section of Bunhill Fields Burial Ground. It is constructed of brick with a flat stone lid. One end of the chest displays a stone plaque bearing the name of Lady Anne Agnes Erskine (1739-1804). Lady Anne Erskine was born in Edinburgh and played a significant role in the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, a network of evangelical chapels. Bunhill Fields, established as a burial ground in 1665, served as a principal Nonconformist cemetery in London. It was closed for burials in 1853 and later landscaped. Lady Anne's tomb was among those retained during a 1964-5 landscaping scheme. The monument is designated at Grade II for its historical significance as a memorial to a key figure in late-18th-century Nonconformity and for its group value within the Grade I-registered Bunhill Fields Burial Ground.
Local climate
Monument to Lady Agnes Erskine, North Section 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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