Monument to Michael Balfe is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 2001. Monument.

Monument to Michael Balfe

WRENN ID
upper-rafter-sienna
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
Monument
Address
Monument to Michael Balfe, Harrow Road W10
OS grid reference
TQ 233 825
Coordinates
51.52797, -0.22323
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The monument to Michael Balfe, who died in 1870, is located in Kensal Green Cemetery. It features a pink Peterhead granite obelisk set on a stepped base above a York stone slab. The monument is inscribed with the words "Balfe the Composer." Michael Balfe was a notable mid-Victorian baritone and composer, best known for his work "Come into the Garden, Maud."

Local climate

Monument to Michael Balfe 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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