Tomb of Decimus Burton is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 2001. Tomb.
Tomb of Decimus Burton
- WRENN ID
- errant-bracket-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 June 2001
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Tomb of Decimus Burton, Harrow Road W10
- OS grid reference
- TQ 230 826
- Coordinates
- 51.52914, -0.22761
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tomb of Decimus Burton, also known as the Tomb of Jenny, daughter of James Burton, is located in Kensal Green Cemetery on Harrow Road, W10. It commemorates Jenny, who died in 1844, and Decimus Burton, who died in 1881. The tomb features a tapering sarcophagus made of grey Cornish granite, set on a stepped base, topped with a shallow pyramidal cover. Decimus Burton was an architect known for his work on the Athenaeum, the hothouses at Kew Gardens, and the Arch and Screen at Hyde Park Corner.
Local climate
Tomb of Decimus Burton sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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