Tomb of Philip Nowell, 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 Philip Nowell, Brompton Cemetery

WRENN ID
western-bastion-fog
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 Philip Nowell, Brompton Cemetery, Old Brompton Road, London, Sw10
OS grid reference
TQ 257 778
Coordinates
51.48551, -0.18981
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Tomb of Philip Nowell in Brompton Cemetery is a Gothic altar tomb made of Portland stone. It features a plinth that is carved with a series of blind trefoiled panels, and a tall central pedestal that displays blind ogee niches adorned with crockets and flanking pinnacles. In front of the tomb is a ledger slab inscribed with the words 'Entrance to the family vault of Philip Nowell of Lower Belgrave Place Pimlico', indicating the entrance to the vault beneath.

Local climate

Tomb of Philip Nowell, 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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