Tomb of James Combe is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 2001. Residential.

Tomb of James Combe

WRENN ID
old-chamber-bracken
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
Residential
Address
Tomb of James Combe, Harrow Road W10
OS grid reference
TQ 234 825
Coordinates
51.52837, -0.22183
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Tomb of James Combe is a mausoleum located in Kensal Green Cemetery, built in 1852 by A. MacDonald of Aberdeen. It is constructed from pink Peterhead and grey granite, standing on a two-stage base. The east side features a cell with a framed door and a lozenge containing the IHS emblem. The structure includes angle-set corner buttresses topped with acroterion finials, and a cross-surmounted eared sarcophagus sits atop the mausoleum. This tomb is an early and flamboyant example of machine-polished Scottish granite and was erected in memory of Combe's wife.

Local climate

Tomb of James Combe 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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