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

Tomb of Joseph Hume

WRENN ID
hallowed-flint-smoke
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
Tomb
Address
Tomb of Joseph Hume, Harrow Road W10
OS grid reference
TQ 232 825
Coordinates
51.52874, -0.22499
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Tomb of Joseph Hume, who died in 1855, is located in Kensal Green Cemetery. It features a large slab with a coped cover made of grey Cornish granite, resting on a two-stage base supported by ten posts. The tomb is adorned with capital letter inscriptions and is designed in a style similar to the nearby Duke of Sussex monument. Joseph Hume was a significant Radical Member of Parliament and a co-founder of University College, London.

Local climate

Tomb of Joseph Hume 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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