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

Monument to Vincent Figgins, Nunhead Cemetery

WRENN ID
still-doorway-smoke
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Southwark
Constituency
Peckham MP: Miatta Fahnbulleh (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Funerary monument
Address
Monument to Vincent Figgins, Nunhead Cemetery, Linden Grove
OS grid reference
TQ 354 753
Coordinates
51.46104, -0.05218
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The monument to Vincent Figgins is a funerary structure located in Nunhead Cemetery, dating from around 1844. It was designed by William Pettit Griffith and is made of Portland stone. The monument features a plain square stele, which was originally topped with an urn that is now missing. This stele is set within a canopy supported by four columns with lotus-leaf capitals, and it is topped with triangular pediments and acroteria. At the corners of the lower stage of the base, there are small pedimented aedicules that are inspired by Roman cinerary urns. Vincent Figgins, the individual commemorated by this monument, was a notable type-founder in the City of London.

Local climate

Monument to Vincent Figgins, 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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