Flavell 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.
Flavell Family Monument, South Enclosure
- WRENN ID
- frozen-stair-rook
- 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
- Flavell Family Monument, South Enclosure, Bunhill Fields Burial Ground
- OS grid reference
- TQ 327 822
- Coordinates
- 51.52343, -0.08794
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Flavell family monument is a headstone located in the south enclosure of Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, dating from the late 18th century. Made of Portland stone, the monument features an upright slab with a shaped top. The upper section is adorned with a relief carving of a putto, likely representing the Angel of the Resurrection, who is depicted flying above a broken tomb, accompanied by storm clouds and an open book below. The inscription commemorates Mary Flavell, who died in 1775, along with other family members.
Bunhill Fields was established as a burial ground in 1665 and became a significant Nonconformist cemetery, serving as the final resting place for notable figures such as John Bunyan, Daniel Defoe, and William Blake. It was closed for burials in 1853 and transformed into a public park in 1867, with further landscaping completed after war damage in 1964-1965.
The Flavell monument is recognized for its intricate late-Baroque design and holds group value with other listed tombs in the south enclosure, particularly the contrasting Yallowley monument nearby.
Local climate
Flavell 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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