West Norwood Memorial Park Tomb of James Kershaw 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 Tomb of James Kershaw

WRENN ID
ragged-landing-rush
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 Tomb of James Kershaw, Norwood Road
OS grid reference
TQ 322 720
Coordinates
51.43229, -0.0985
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The tomb of James Kershaw, located in West Norwood Memorial Park, is a chest tomb designed by Alfred Waterhouse around 1864. It is constructed from grey Rubislaw and pink Peterhead granite. The tomb features a rectangular battered base topped with a pink granite band that has carved roundels. Pink granite columns on pedestals support a roundel enriched cornice, which is topped by a massive cross-gable pitched roof. Each side of the roof displays a frieze of crosses in roundels, while the gable ends feature more elaborate crosses in roundels. The tomb is enclosed by cast and wrought iron railings with a scroll design and acorn-type finials, which are identical to those on the adjacent Elworthy tomb, also designed by Waterhouse. James Kershaw was a Member of Parliament.

Local climate

West Norwood Memorial Park Tomb of James Kershaw 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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