Tomb of Emily Adney Bond, Brompton Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 2011. Tomb.

Tomb of Emily Adney Bond, Brompton Cemetery

WRENN ID
open-casement-stoat
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Constituency
Chelsea and Fulham MP: Ben Coleman (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 December 2011
Type
Tomb
Address
Tomb of Emily Adney Bond, Brompton Cemetery, Old Brompton Road, London, Sw10
OS grid reference
TQ 255 781
Coordinates
51.48815, -0.19264
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The tomb of Emily Adney Bond, located in Brompton Cemetery, is made of Portland stone. It features a tall, draped stone sarcophagus that rests on short pedestals at each end, all sitting on a moulded slab base. The drapery includes a shallow inset panel that originally had an inscription, but this has completely worn away over time.

Local climate

Tomb of Emily Adney Bond, 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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