Tomb of James Leigh Hunt 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 James Leigh Hunt
- WRENN ID
- eternal-balcony-azure
- 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 James Leigh Hunt, Harrow Road W10
- OS grid reference
- TQ 231 823
- Coordinates
- 51.52697, -0.22607
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tomb of James Leigh Hunt is located in Kensal Green Cemetery and dates from the early 19th century. It features a pedestal made of Carrara marble set on a raised base. The east face of the tomb is adorned with a relief of an urn accompanied by a branch of bay leaves, along with the inscription "write me as one who loved his fellow men." Originally, there was a bust created by Joseph Durham, but it has been stolen; a cast of this bust can be found in the Keats House Museum in Hampstead. The tomb was erected through public subscription. James Leigh Hunt was a prominent literary figure in the early 19th century, known for his support of poets John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley, and he was present at Shelley's cremation. The condition of the tomb is very poor due to the loss of the bust.
Local climate
Tomb of James Leigh Hunt 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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