Tomb of George, 7th Viscount Strangford 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 George, 7th Viscount Strangford

WRENN ID
ghost-doorway-rowan
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 George, 7th Viscount Strangford, Harrow Road W10
OS grid reference
TQ 235 825
Coordinates
51.52825, -0.21968
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The tomb of George Smyth, 7th Viscount Strangford, who died in 1857, is located in Kensal Green Cemetery. It features a Gothic canopy made of Portland stone that covers a sandstone slab. The tomb is adorned with Carrara marble angels created by Edward Physick. Each side has two cusped arches supported by sandstone colonnettes, with drip-moulds above. The corners are topped with crocketed finials. An inscription on the north end commemorates Percy, the 8th and last Viscount Strangford, who died in 1869. George Strangford was a Tory Member of Parliament and a notable figure in the Young England movement, and he is thought to have inspired the character in Disraeli's novel "Coningsby."

Local climate

Tomb of George, 7th Viscount Strangford 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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