Tomb chest of Valentine Cameron Prinsep is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1984. A C20 Tomb.

Tomb chest of Valentine Cameron Prinsep

WRENN ID
mired-courtyard-spindle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Constituency
Chelsea and Fulham MP: Ben Coleman (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 November 1984
Type
Tomb
Address
Tomb chest of Valentine Cameron Prinsep, Brompton Cemetery, Old Brompton Road, London Sw10
OS grid reference
TQ 256 778
Coordinates
51.48542, -0.1915
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The tomb chest of Valentine Cameron Prinsep is located in Brompton Cemetery and dates from around 1904. It features a stepped plinth topped by a chest made of pink marble, supported by eight columns. The chest is intricately carved in high relief with figures in a 14th century style, set within a colonnade of cusped ogee arches, with the spandrels above pierced with quatrefoils. The plinth is adorned with circular bronze plaques surrounded by bayleaf garlands. Prinsep was a notable painter, a professor at the Royal Academy, and a writer.

Local climate

Tomb chest of Valentine Cameron Prinsep 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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