Tomb of Harwood in Arnos Vale Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 2003. Tomb.
Tomb of Harwood in Arnos Vale Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- solitary-rampart-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Constituency
- Bristol East MP: Kerry McCarthy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 2003
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Tomb of Harwood in Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bath Road
- OS grid reference
- ST 607 714
- Coordinates
- 51.4408, -2.56626
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Harwood Family Tomb, located in Arnos Vale Cemetery, dates from around 1860. It features cast iron railings with slate panels set on a slate base. The design includes moulded corner posts and smaller uprights, connected by X-shaped rails reminiscent of Roman domestic ironwork. The moulded top rail can be unscrewed to allow for the insertion of slate inscription panels, with five such panels placed at one end. The earliest inscription commemorates Florence Harwood, who died in 1859 at the age of 14, and her epitaph reads: "Ere sin could blight of sorrow fade / Death came with friendly care / The opening bud to Heaven conveyed / And bade it blossom there." This tomb is notable for its unique industrially produced assembly system, which allows for adjustments to accommodate later inscriptions.
Local climate
Tomb of Harwood in Arnos Vale Cemetery receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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