Tomb of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel and Isambard Kingdom Brunel is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. Tomb.

Tomb of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel and Isambard Kingdom Brunel

WRENN ID
eternal-soffit-dock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Constituency
Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Tomb
Address
Tomb of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel and Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Harrow Road W10
OS grid reference
TQ 235 825
Coordinates
51.52822, -0.22088
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The tomb commemorates Sir Marc Isambard Brunel (1769-1849), his son Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), and other members of the Brunel family. It was designed by Sir Marc Brunel and is made of rectangular blocks of Carrara marble with raised lead letters. Sir Marc is recognized for engineering the Rotherhithe tunnel, his work in steam navigation, and improvements at Liverpool and Chatham docks. His son, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, is famous for his designs of the Clifton Suspension Bridge, the Great Eastern Steamship, and the Great Western Railway. Both Sir Marc and Isambard Kingdom Brunel are regarded as some of the greatest engineers of the 19th century.

Local climate

Tomb of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel and Isambard Kingdom Brunel 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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