West Norwood Memorial Park Tomb of Demetrios Cassavetes and Family in the Greek Burial Ground 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 Demetrios Cassavetes and Family in the Greek Burial Ground

WRENN ID
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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 Demetrios Cassavetes and Family in the Greek Burial Ground, Norwood Road
OS grid reference
TQ 324 722
Coordinates
51.434, -0.09663
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The tomb of Demetrios Cassavetes and family is located in the Greek Burial Ground at West Norwood Memorial Park. This chest tomb, designed in the early 20th century by an unknown designer, is made of stone and features a stepped rectangular base with carved decorations. The chest itself has carved figurative relief panels on its long sides and inscribed ends. It is topped with a pitched roof that includes antefixae at the pediments. A life-size sculptured figure of a distraught female, dressed in classical robes and leaning across the tomb with her head supported by her right hand, adds a poignant touch. This figure represents Maria Cassavetes, who died in 1914 and later became Mrs. Maria Zambaco. She was a notable pre-Raphaelite artist and medallist, known for her relationships with prominent artists Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Edward Burne-Jones, both of whom created portraits of her.

Local climate

West Norwood Memorial Park Tomb of Demetrios Cassavetes and Family in the Greek Burial Ground 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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