Monument to Maria Proom, Nunhead Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. Monument.

Monument to Maria Proom, Nunhead Cemetery

WRENN ID
muffled-brick-swift
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Southwark
Constituency
Peckham MP: Miatta Fahnbulleh (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Monument
Address
Monument to Maria Proom, Nunhead Cemetery, Linden Grove
OS grid reference
TQ 353 756
Coordinates
51.46368, -0.05227
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The monument to Maria Proom, located in Nunhead Cemetery, was created around 1872 to commemorate her death that same year. It is made of pink and grey granite and Carrara marble. The structure features a tall column on a square plinth, topped with a marble figure of a praying woman. Its form and size are unusual and are inspired by Continental Catholic statues of the Virgin Mary.

Local climate

Monument to Maria Proom, Nunhead Cemetery sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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