Monument to William Burn, Kensal Green Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 2012. Tomb.
Monument to William Burn, Kensal Green Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- tall-ashlar-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 April 2012
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Monument to William Burn, Kensal Green Cemetery, Harrow Road, London, W10 4RA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 231 826
- Coordinates
- 51.529, -0.22606
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to William Burn in Kensal Green Cemetery is a large chest tomb made of polished grey granite. The top features a coped cross-slab with trefoil ends. The main inscription states, "Here rests in God William Burn, Architect, Born 20 Dec 1789, died 15 Feb 1870." At the head of the tomb, there is a line from Psalm 112: "And the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance." At the foot, an inscription commemorates William Burn's daughter, Janet (1818-1907), and her husband, James Scott Walker (1814-1882).
Local climate
Monument to William Burn, Kensal Green 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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