Monument to George Abell South of West End of St Leonards Church is a Grade II listed building in the Lambeth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 March 1998. Monument.
Monument to George Abell South of West End of St Leonards Church
- WRENN ID
- eastward-transept-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lambeth
- Constituency
- Streatham and Croydon North MP: Steve Reed (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 March 1998
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to George Abell South of West End of St Leonards Church, Streatham High Road Sw16
- OS grid reference
- TQ 299 716
- Coordinates
- 51.4294, -0.13167
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to George Abell is a chest tomb located south of the west end of St Leonard's Church. It commemorates George Abell, who died in 1826. The tomb is made of Portland limestone and sits on a rendered brick base. The chest has a moulded base with recessed corners, featuring attached bulbous vase pilasters that support a curved-edged top slab, which bears an indecipherable inscription. Each side of the tomb has recessed panels; the main panels display relief carvings of a mantle and skull at the base, along with inscriptions. The west side commemorates George Abell, while the east side honors Richard Colley and Thomas Mogeridge, who financed the tomb. The end panels are simpler, with the south panel containing a commemorative inscription for Elizabeth Abell and the north panel featuring a skull and crossbones.
Local climate
Monument to George Abell South of West End of St Leonards Church 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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