Tomb of Frederick R Leyland, Brompton Cemetery is a Grade II* listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1984. Tomb.
Tomb of Frederick R Leyland, Brompton Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- plain-gargoyle-mallow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Constituency
- Chelsea and Fulham MP: Ben Coleman (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 November 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Tomb of Frederick R Leyland, Brompton Cemetery, Old Brompton Road, London, Sw10
- OS grid reference
- TQ 256 778
- Coordinates
- 51.48562, -0.19169
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tomb of Frederick R. Leyland, located in Brompton Cemetery, is a tall and slender structure made of Portland stone. It stands on short Romanesque piers that feature cushion capitals and is topped with a copper roof designed to resemble fish scales. Each of the four sides of the tomb is adorned with low-relief floral scrolls in copper. On one of the long sides, raised lettering reads: "Here lies Frederick Richards Leyland sometime of Woolton Hall Liverpool / and XLIX Princes Gate Born September XXX MDCCCXXXI Died January IV MDCCCCII." Additionally, bronze lettering at the base commemorates Leyland's wife, who passed away in 1910. The tomb is set upon a stone plinth and is enclosed by finely crafted wrought iron railings that have lilyhead finials at the corners.
Local climate
Tomb of Frederick R Leyland, Brompton 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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