Monument to the Revd John Frederick Blake, 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 the Revd John Frederick Blake, Kensal Green Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- half-keystone-briar
- 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 the Revd John Frederick Blake, Kensal Green Cemetery, General Cemetery Co, Harrow Road, London, W10 4RA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 232 826
- Coordinates
- 51.52898, -0.22508
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to the Reverend John Frederick Blake is a funerary structure located in Kensal Green Cemetery. It is designed as a one-metre high model of a lighthouse, reminiscent of the famous Eddystone Light off the coast of Cornwall. The tower is made of polished Larvikite, a grey, granite-like igneous rock from Larvik in Norway, and it features a base of Carrara marble carved into rugged rock formations. An upper balustrade bears the inscription 'Jesus Light of Life', and the lantern above is constructed of solid glass or crystal. The monument is positioned at the head of the grave plot, which is enclosed with stone copings and includes an open book inscribed with details about Blake and other family members.
Local climate
Monument to the Revd John Frederick Blake, 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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