Tomb of Captain the Hon. Sir Henry Duncan 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 Captain the Hon. Sir Henry Duncan

WRENN ID
second-dormer-myrtle
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 Captain the Hon. Sir Henry Duncan, Harrow Road W10
OS grid reference
TQ 232 826
Coordinates
51.52909, -0.22409
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The tomb of Captain the Honourable Sir Henry Duncan, who died in 1835, is located in Kensal Green Cemetery. It features a sarcophagus made of grey granite with battered sides resting on a stepped base. The front of the tomb has an inscription in block capitals, positioned below a cavetto cornice. The upper section is decorated with a relief depicting a gun barrel, a sword, and the Union Jack. Sir Henry was the son of Admiral Viscount Duncan and served as the principal storekeeper at the Board of Ordnance, overseeing military supplies. This tomb is an early example of a cemetery monument constructed from this material.

Local climate

Tomb of Captain the Hon. Sir Henry Duncan 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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