Tomb of Mary Gibson is a Grade II* listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1984. Tomb.

Tomb of Mary Gibson

WRENN ID
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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Constituency
Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 November 1984
Type
Tomb
Address
Tomb of Mary Gibson, Harrow Road W10
OS grid reference
TQ 233 825
Coordinates
51.52848, -0.22251
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Tomb of Mary Gibson, who died in 1856, is located in Kensal Green Cemetery and was created by the mason J S Farley. It is made of Carrara marble and features a coped coffin adorned with a frieze of lilies. The coffin is set within an open aedicule supported by twelve Corinthian columns, with three columns at each corner. Above this structure is a baldachino that was originally supported by four angels holding a crown. The tomb has a stepped base with marble posts and is considered one of the most flamboyant Victorian cemetery monuments.

Local climate

Tomb of Mary Gibson 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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