Birkbeck Mausoleum is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. Mausoleum.
Birkbeck Mausoleum
- WRENN ID
- other-chalk-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Mausoleum
- Address
- Birkbeck Mausoleum, Harrow Road W10
- OS grid reference
- TQ 233 825
- Coordinates
- 51.5285, -0.22337
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Birkbeck Mausoleum, also known as the Dr George Birkbeck Mausoleum, is located in Kensal Green Cemetery on Harrow Road, London. It was built to commemorate Dr George Birkbeck, who died in 1841. The mausoleum is constructed from Portland stone and features a pediment with corner pilasters that extend from the plinth to the entablature, along with an inscribed frieze. The south end of the structure has a square-headed moulded architrave that leads to a blocked doorway. This mausoleum honors the family of Dr George Birkbeck, a philosopher and the founder of the Working Men's Mechanics Institutions and University College, London in 1827.
Local climate
Birkbeck Mausoleum 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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