Monument to Vicountess Keith (Hester Maria Elphinstone), 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. Monument.

Monument to Vicountess Keith (Hester Maria Elphinstone), Kensal Green Cemetery

WRENN ID
buried-stone-crag
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
Monument
Address
Monument to Vicountess Keith (Hester Maria Elphinstone), Kensal Green Cemetery, Tomb of Vicountess Keith (Hester Maria Elphinstone), Harrow Road, London, W10 4RA
OS grid reference
TQ 233 824
Coordinates
51.52786, -0.22381
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The monument to Viscountess Keith (Hester Maria Elphinstone) in Kensal Green Cemetery features a small stone cross and a ledger slab. The cross is decorated with cable mouldings and floral reliefs in a highly stylised Gothic style. The ledger slab also has floral decoration and includes a text from Revelations 14:13 along the edge, which reads: 'And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.' Part of the inscription on the northern edge is difficult to read.

Local climate

Monument to Vicountess Keith (Hester Maria Elphinstone), 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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