Tombstone to Edwin Austin Abbey in St Andrews Old Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Brent local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 November 1996. Tombstone.

Tombstone to Edwin Austin Abbey in St Andrews Old Churchyard

WRENN ID
winter-wall-sedge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brent
Constituency
Brent East MP: Dawn Butler (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 November 1996
Type
Tombstone
Address
Tombstone to Edwin Austin Abbey in St Andrews Old Churchyard, Old Church Lane Nw9
OS grid reference
TQ 206 868
Coordinates
51.56781, -0.26039
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The tombstone to Edwin Austin Abbey is located in St Andrew's Old Churchyard. It is a Portland stone headstone featuring an upper relief of cherubs set between auricular scrolls, closely resembling the headstone of Timothy Wetherilt. A matching footstone accompanies the headstone. Edwin Austin Abbey, who died in 1911, was an American painter known for his mural cycles at notable locations including the Boston Public Library, The Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, the Royal Exchange, and the Peer's Corridor of the House of Lords. Abbey lived in Chelsea from 1878 onwards.

Local climate

Tombstone to Edwin Austin Abbey in St Andrews Old Churchyard 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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