Cheeswright Family Monument, South Enclosure is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 2011. Headstone.
Cheeswright Family Monument, South Enclosure
- WRENN ID
- silent-steel-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Islington
- Constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 2011
- Type
- Headstone
- Address
- Cheeswright Family Monument, South Enclosure, Bunhill Fields Burial Ground
- OS grid reference
- TQ 327 822
- Coordinates
- 51.52344, -0.08776
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cheeswright family monument is located within the South Enclosure of Bunhill Fields Burial Ground. Constructed around 1801, it is made of sandstone and takes the form of an upright stone slab with a horned and arched top. The eastern face, partially repaired with cement, commemorates various members of the Cheeswright family, with dates of death between 1801 and 1813. The western face is inscribed in remembrance of Elizabeth White (died 1824), daughter of Samuel and Hannah Cheeswright. This inscription praises her virtues and character, describing her as "the meekest of Women and the best of Wives and of Mothers," and notes her esteemed reputation among relatives and acquaintances.
Bunhill Fields was first enclosed as a burial ground in 1665 and served as a principal Nonconformist cemetery, the final resting place for notable figures such as John Bunyan, Daniel Defoe, and William Blake. It was closed for burials in 1853 and later landscaped.
The monument is designated at Grade II for its well-preserved early 19th-century design and inscription, which exemplifies contemporary ideals of piety and womanhood. It also possesses group value in relation to other listed tombs within the Grade I registered Bunhill Fields Burial Ground.
Local climate
Cheeswright 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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