Tomb of Frederick Tillson is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 2001. Tomb.
Tomb of Frederick Tillson
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-groin-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 June 2001
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Tomb of Frederick Tillson, Harrow Road W10
- OS grid reference
- TQ 233 825
- Coordinates
- 51.52852, -0.22383
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tomb of Frederick Tillson, who died in 1870, is located in Kensal Green Cemetery. This canopied tomb is made of Portland stone and features sandstone and marble colonnettes, along with a wrought iron screen. It has a panelled chest set on a raised, moulded base, which displays applied Lombardic lead letters on the southern end. The angle colonnettes are made of red sandstone and there is a foliate frieze. The upper canopy is supported by eight colonnettes of green Serpentine marble, with a scrolled wrought iron screen between them. There are trefoil-headed arched openings at the north and south ends, adorned with foliate borders, and the structure has a gabled roof. This tomb is an exceptionally elaborate Gothic Revival outdoor monument, inspired by medieval tomb shrines.
Local climate
Tomb of Frederick Tillson 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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