Tomb of Thomas Hardwick and Philip Hardwick 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 Thomas Hardwick and Philip Hardwick
- WRENN ID
- roaming-tin-gold
- 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 Thomas Hardwick and Philip Hardwick, Harrow Road W10
- OS grid reference
- TQ 235 825
- Coordinates
- 51.52822, -0.21971
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb of Thomas Hardwick and Philip Hardwick is located in Kensal Green Cemetery and dates from around 1870. It consists of a pair of tombs featuring sandstone slabs with gothic lead lettering and a marble cross adorned with instruments of the Passion to the south. This memorial honors the Hardwick family, a notable dynasty of architects, including Thomas Hardwick (1752-1829, who is buried at Brentford), Philip Hardwick (1792-1870, designer of the Euston Arch), and Philip Charles Hardwick (1822-1894).
Local climate
Tomb of Thomas Hardwick and Philip Hardwick 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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