Chhatri containing the tomb of Rammohun Roy is a Grade II* listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1977. Tomb, chhatri. 3 related planning applications.
Chhatri containing the tomb of Rammohun Roy
- WRENN ID
- stark-span-kestrel
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Constituency
- Bristol East MP: Kerry McCarthy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1977
- Type
- Tomb, chhatri
- Address
- Chhatri containing the tomb of Rammohun Roy, Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bath Road, Arnos Vale, BS4 3EW
- OS grid reference
- ST 607 716
- Coordinates
- 51.44207, -2.56554
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a Bengali-style chhatri, a memorial structure, built in 1844 to contain the tomb of Raja Rammohun Roy, a prominent socio-religious reformer. The chhatri is constructed from ashlar limestone. The building has a cruciform floor plan and is topped by a slender dome decorated with carved stone leaves and a pinnacle. Twelve ornately carved columns support the roof, with fluting at the top, continuing upwards as pinnacles around the dome. The capitals of the columns feature ovolo moulding across three tiers, and each column has a square stone block with quatrefoil carvings near its center and further rectangular blocks at the base, above a moulded foot. A tall plinth supports the entire structure. Inside the chhatri, a large rectangular stone tablet is set on a step and inscribed with an extended biographical account of Raja Rammohun Roy, detailing his beliefs, achievements, and contributions to Indian society, alongside his birth and death dates (Radhanagare, Bengal, 1774; Bristol, September 27th 1833).
Local climate
Chhatri containing the tomb of Rammohun Roy 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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