Tomb of Elizabeth Johnstone St Mary Abbott Church Yard is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1990. Tomb.

Tomb of Elizabeth Johnstone St Mary Abbott Church Yard

WRENN ID
odd-grate-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Constituency
Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 April 1990
Type
Tomb
Address
Tomb of Elizabeth Johnstone St Mary Abbott Church Yard, Kensington Church Street W8, W8 4LA
OS grid reference
TQ 255 797
Coordinates
51.50237, -0.19217
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The tomb of Elizabeth Johnstone, located in the churchyard of St Mary Abbott, was built in 1784 and designed by Sir John Soane. It is made of stone and takes the form of a table tomb resembling a classical sarcophagus. The tomb features rounded ends adorned with friezes of curved fluted strips. The side panels bear illegible inscriptions, and it has a plain slab top. The tomb was funded by Lord Bellamont, and Elizabeth Johnstone, who lived with her parents in Brompton, may have been his mistress.

Local climate

Tomb of Elizabeth Johnstone St Mary Abbott Church Yard 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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