Monument to Admiral Sir Robert Waller Otway, 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 Admiral Sir Robert Waller Otway, Kensal Green Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- lost-chalk-elder
- 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 Admiral Sir Robert Waller Otway, Kensal Green Cemetery, Harrow Road, London, W10 4RA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 232 826
- Coordinates
- 51.52903, -0.22395
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to Admiral Sir Robert Waller Otway is a very large square Gothic pedestal tomb located in Kensal Green Cemetery. It features three stages with sloping off-sets and is placed diagonally on a square pavement. At the top, there is a foliate cross set on an octagonal base. The lower stage includes four engaged corner piers adorned with trefoil panels. The main inscription honors Otway for his sixty-two years of service in the English navy, highlighting his perseverance and dedication to his sovereign and country, as well as his significant professional accomplishments and his kindness. Below this, there is an inscription from John 6:37: "All that the father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out." Additional inscriptions commemorate Otway's wife, Clementina, who passed away in 1851, and their daughter, Clementina Matilda, who died in 1877.
Local climate
Monument to Admiral Sir Robert Waller Otway, 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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