Monument to Frederick Albert Winsor, Kensal Green Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 2001. Monument.

Monument to Frederick Albert Winsor, Kensal Green Cemetery

WRENN ID
scattered-column-thrush
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
Monument
Address
Monument to Frederick Albert Winsor, Kensal Green Cemetery, Harrow Road, London, W10 4RA
OS grid reference
TQ 233 825
Coordinates
51.52842, -0.22278
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The monument to Frederick Albert Winsor, located in Kensal Green Cemetery, is an obelisk made of red and buff sandstone, Carrara marble, and granite, set on a pedestal. It features decorative elements such as inverted torches and a wreath, topped with a finial shaped like a flaming bowl adorned with lion mask decoration. The inscriptions on the monument include "At evening time it shall be light" (Zachariah 14:7) and "I am come, a light into the world" (John 12:46). The design is inspired by the heart monuments of the French royal family.

Local climate

Monument to Frederick Albert Winsor, 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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