Tomb of Frederick Hitch Vc is a Grade II listed building in the Hounslow local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1999. Tomb.
Tomb of Frederick Hitch Vc
- WRENN ID
- under-merlon-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hounslow
- Constituency
- Hammersmith and Chiswick MP: Andy Slaughter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1999
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Tomb of Frederick Hitch Vc, Corney Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 214 775
- Coordinates
- 51.48415, -0.25298
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tomb of Frederick Hitch VC is a memorial located in Chiswick Cemetery, commemorating Frederick Hitch, who lived from 1856 to 1913. The memorial is made of grey granite and is designed to resemble a rough-cut cairn. It is draped with the Union Jack and features a pith helmet on top. There is a rectangular inscription panel that reads: "THIS MEMORIAL was erected by voluntary subscription to commemorate HIS HEROIC ACTION at RORKE'S DRIFT 22 January 1879."
Local climate
Tomb of Frederick Hitch Vc sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% 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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