Monument to Maria M Thompson, Kensal Green Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 2001. Monument.
Monument to Maria M Thompson, Kensal Green Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-remnant-river
- 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
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to Maria M Thompson, Kensal Green Cemetery, Tomb of Maria M Thompson, Harrow Road, London, W10 4RA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 230 826
- Coordinates
- 51.52911, -0.22773
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to Maria M Thompson, located in Kensal Green Cemetery, is a sarcophagus made of Portland stone, commemorating her death in 1859. It was created by J Browne, who signed the work. The monument features angle pilasters with a Doric frieze, hatchments adorned with palms at each end, a pedimental cover embellished with scrolls, and acanthus decoration in the tympana. Additionally, the monument honors Frederick Orlando Thompson Delmar, who died in 1895.
Local climate
Monument to Maria M Thompson, Kensal Green Cemetery 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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