Monument to Oppenheim and Schroeter, Nunhead Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. Funerary monument.

Monument to Oppenheim and Schroeter, Nunhead Cemetery

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Southwark
Constituency
Peckham MP: Miatta Fahnbulleh (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Funerary monument
Address
Monument to Oppenheim and Schroeter, Nunhead Cemetery, Linden Grove
OS grid reference
TQ 353 754
Coordinates
51.46154, -0.05253
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The monument to John Moritz Oppenheim and Frederick Schroeter, located in Nunhead Cemetery, was created around 1876 by monumental mason H Daniel. It is made of Portland stone and features Carrara marble reliefs. The structure consists of a square plinth on a two-stage base, with marble bas-reliefs on three sides and an inscription on the fourth side. The reliefs illustrate an angel beside a death-bed, an angel next to a female bust on a plinth being touched by a seated, blind mourning man, and a depiction of a woman with brushes and a palette. These representations are notable for their unique portrayal of death and mourning, particularly as Oppenheim had been blind for the last twenty years of his life.

Local climate

Monument to Oppenheim and Schroeter, 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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