Monument to Lieutenant Colonel William Ranken, Dulwich Old Burial Ground is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Monument to Lieutenant Colonel William Ranken, Dulwich Old Burial Ground
- WRENN ID
- grim-pavement-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Southwark
- Constituency
- Dulwich and West Norwood MP: Helen Hayes (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to Lieutenant Colonel William Ranken, Dulwich Old Burial Ground, Dulwich Village
- OS grid reference
- TQ 331 741
- Coordinates
- 51.4506, -0.08482
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to Lieutenant Colonel William Ranken is located in Dulwich Old Burial Ground and dates from 1831. It is a stone tomb chest with a stucco-faced plinth. The chest features angled corner pilasters that end in shields and is enclosed by railings. The base has an inscription stating "Entrance to vault," and there are rosettes on the corners of the inscription panels. Ranken was a member of the East India Company. The monument is marked H on the burial ground plan and is situated along the south verge, just north of the Willes tomb. This burial ground, consecrated in 1616, is notable for not being adjacent to any church or chapel. The monuments here are part of a group that includes the 18th-century gates, walls, and railings surrounding Dulwich Old Burial Ground.
Local climate
Monument to Lieutenant Colonel William Ranken, Dulwich Old Burial Ground 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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