West Norwood Memorial Park of Hans Schwarze is a Grade II listed building in the Lambeth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 August 1993. Tomb.

West Norwood Memorial Park of Hans Schwarze

WRENN ID
lost-timber-auburn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lambeth
Constituency
Dulwich and West Norwood MP: Helen Hayes (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 August 1993
Type
Tomb
Address
West Norwood Memorial Park of Hans Schwarze, Norwood Road
OS grid reference
TQ 323 721
Coordinates
51.43247, -0.09763
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The West Norwood Memorial Park features an elevated chest tomb dedicated to Hans Schwarze, dating from around 1883, with the designer remaining unknown. The tomb is constructed from grey and pink granite and has a rectangular, stepped base supported by six squat columns. The chest tomb itself has a moulded pink granite base and an inscribed frieze. Between the grey granite columns, there are bronze panels adorned with wreaths and inscriptions. The structure is topped with a cornice and a scoop-profile lid, which is surmounted by a pink granite cross flanked by scrolls.

Local climate

West Norwood Memorial Park of Hans Schwarze 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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