Tomb of General Sir John Aitchison is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 2001. Mausoleum.

Tomb of General Sir John Aitchison

WRENN ID
shadowed-gable-curlew
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
Mausoleum
Address
Tomb of General Sir John Aitchison, Harrow Road W10
OS grid reference
TQ 230 825
Coordinates
51.52859, -0.22688
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The tomb of General Sir John Aitchison, who died in 1875, is a mausoleum located in Kensal Green Cemetery. It is constructed from Portland stone and features a pylon-form entrance that is currently blocked. This entrance is adorned with an enriched lintel and is set beneath a canopy supported by scrolled brackets. Above, there is an upper eared pediment topped with a crucifix finial. The side walls are battered, and the eastern wall includes a long inscription in lead letters that outlines Aitchison's military career.

Local climate

Tomb of General Sir John Aitchison 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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