Tomb of Joseph Richardson 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 Joseph Richardson

WRENN ID
grey-railing-raven
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 Joseph Richardson, Harrow Road W10
OS grid reference
TQ 235 825
Coordinates
51.5284, -0.21992
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The tomb of Joseph Richardson, who died in 1855, is located in Kensal Green Cemetery. It features a tall obelisk made from a single piece of pink Peterhead granite, standing on a square plinth that rests above a stepped base. Joseph Richardson, originally from Cumberland, is noted as the inventor of the Instruments of the Rock, Bell and Steel Band. This tomb is the largest obelisk in the cemetery.

Local climate

Tomb of Joseph Richardson 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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