Tomb of Joseph Bonomi, Brompton Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 2011. Tomb.
Tomb of Joseph Bonomi, Brompton Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- quiet-lantern-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Constituency
- Chelsea and Fulham MP: Ben Coleman (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 December 2011
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Tomb of Joseph Bonomi, Brompton Cemetery, Old Brompton Road, London, Sw10
- OS grid reference
- TQ 256 779
- Coordinates
- 51.48612, -0.1916
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tomb of Joseph Bonomi in Brompton Cemetery is a grave marker made of sandstone. It features a curved top with an incised cross and symbols of alpha and omega on either side. The inscription, in capital letters, reads: "In memory of four children who were called out of this life into a better in the Easter week of 1852 ...", followed by the names and ages of the children, who range from 5 years to 8 months old. The dedication concludes with the phrase, "The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord."
Next, the inscription lists their grandmother and mother, who passed away in 1858 and 1859 respectively. It continues with details about their father, Joseph Bonomi, who was a sculptor, traveller, and archaeologist, born on 9th October 1796, appointed Curator of Sir John Soane's Museum in 1861, and who died on 3rd March 1878. Below this, there is a hieroglyphic symbol depicting the jackal-headed god Anubis, associated with mummification and the afterlife, guarding a tomb with battered sides and a central door. The final dedication is to Colonel J I Bonomi, who died in 1930.
Local climate
Tomb of Joseph Bonomi, Brompton Cemetery 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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