Tomb of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland 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 William Cavendish-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland

WRENN ID
hollow-eave-sepia
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 William Cavendish-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland, Harrow Road W10
OS grid reference
TQ 231 825
Coordinates
51.52811, -0.22583
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The tomb of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland, who died in 1879, is located in Kensal Green Cemetery. It was created by McDonald, Field & Co., masons from Aberdeen. The tomb features a pink Peterhead granite slab set within a very large plot that is bordered by kerbs and posts made of grey granite. The design includes a two-stage slab with coped upper surfaces resting on a base of York stone, positioned at the center of the plot. The boundary posts, which were once connected by bronze railings and chains, are cylindrical with round caps. This enclosure also contains several other family tombs and is noted as the largest plot in the cemetery. The Duke, often referred to as the "Mole Duke," was a wealthy landowner known for his interest in underground architecture in his later years.

Local climate

Tomb of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland 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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