Tomb of Reverend Ridley Herschell 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 Reverend Ridley Herschell
- WRENN ID
- twisted-mullion-fog
- 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 Reverend Ridley Herschell, Harrow Road W10
- OS grid reference
- TQ 237 824
- Coordinates
- 51.52781, -0.21754
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tomb of Reverend Ridley Herschell is a two-stage monument located in Kensal Green Cemetery, designed by E.J. Physick. It features a statuary marble sarcophagus set on a raised chest made of Portland stone, supported by paired angle colonnettes of granite. Reverend Herschell, who died in 1864, was a notable Christian convert, and his epitaph begins with the words, "A Hebrew by birth, educated in the Jewish faith, converted in early youth to belief in Christ, and evermore devoted to the service of his master." This information is referenced in H.J. Croft's Illustrated Guide to Kensal Green Cemetery, published around 1867.
Local climate
Tomb of Reverend Ridley Herschell 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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