Monument to Peter Thomson, Kensal Green Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 2012. Monument.
Monument to Peter Thomson, Kensal Green Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- tenth-rampart-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 April 2012
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to Peter Thomson, Kensal Green Cemetery, Harrow Road, London, W10 4RA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 231 826
- Coordinates
- 51.52958, -0.22641
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to Peter Thomson in Kensal Green Cemetery is a large and thick headstone set on a coped plinth. The upper section features a stepped design adorned with leafy scrolls, and at the top, there is an image of an open book with the Masonic square and compasses in front, topped by a stack of Masonic tools. The western face of the stone includes a roundel with the Dove of Peace in relief, beneath which is a lengthy inscription dedicated to Peter Thomson. The eastern face displays a roundel with a Star of David and a wreath containing the interlinked letters PT.
The main inscription reads: ‘Sacred to the memory of / Mr Peter Thomson / who died on the 27th of Feby 1851 aged 72 years. / He was for a very long period an active member / of the ancient fraternity of freemasons. / And for 38 years / a member of the Grand Lodge of England / in which he served the office of Grand Deacon / by honesty of purpose, undeviating integrity and / kindness of disposition while living he secured / the esteem, the confidence and the good will / of all his brethren who in a testimony of respect / to departed worth have erected this monument.’
Local climate
Monument to Peter Thomson, 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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