West Norwood Memorial Park Tomb of Thomas De La Garde Grissell is a Grade II listed building in the Lambeth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 March 1981. Tomb.

West Norwood Memorial Park Tomb of Thomas De La Garde Grissell

WRENN ID
wild-fireplace-poplar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lambeth
Constituency
Dulwich and West Norwood MP: Helen Hayes (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 March 1981
Type
Tomb
Address
West Norwood Memorial Park Tomb of Thomas De La Garde Grissell, Norwood Road Se27
OS grid reference
TQ 323 720
Coordinates
51.43206, -0.09788
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The tomb of Thomas de La Garde Grissell, located in West Norwood Memorial Park, is a chest tomb dating from around 1847, with the designer unknown. It is constructed from cast iron, stucco, and pink granite. The tomb features a rectangular stepped base with mitred corners, which has pedestals supporting pilasters adorned with Gothic aedicules. These are topped with cast figures of standing angels. The pilasters flank pointed, cusped openings that are filled with pink granite slabs, some of which are inscribed. The structure has an enriched, coved cornice at the flat top with moulded edges. It stands on a large stone platform, which is now badly broken but was originally surrounded by good Gothic wrought iron railings. Thomas de La Garde Grissell was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.

Local climate

West Norwood Memorial Park Tomb of Thomas De La Garde Grissell sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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