Tomb of General Forster Walker 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 General Forster Walker

WRENN ID
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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 General Forster Walker, Harrow Road W10
OS grid reference
TQ 231 826
Coordinates
51.529, -0.22575
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Tomb of General Forster Walker, built in 1866, is located in Kensal Green Cemetery. It was designed by Edward Blore and carved by J. Forsyth. The tomb features a Gothic style, constructed from Portland stone, with marble shafts set on a pink Peterhead granite base. The sides of the tomb are adorned with arcading that includes alternating cusped arches and lancets, supported by marble shafts above a moulded lower course. There are inscription panels with lead letters. The corners have buttresses with canopies that once held statuettes representing Faith, Hope, Charity, and Patience, which are now missing. Finials are positioned above these buttresses. Additionally, there is a marble achievement of arms on the southern end of the tomb.

Local climate

Tomb of General Forster Walker 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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