Photographer's note: 'Tomb of Sir John Soane, his wife and son in St Pancras old church gardens, St Pancras Old Church, St Pancras Road, Somers Town, Camden, Greater London. Erected 1816 and designed by Sir John Soane in memory of his wife who died in 1815. Portland stone. Rectangular plan. Tomb comprises central domed structure supported on 4 panelled piers with ornamented capitals covering a pedimented structure on 4 Ionic columns in a decorative style of Soane's own invention, each side filled with an inscribed slab. Balustraded enclosure sets out north, south and east of central structure with staircase approach down at west end to sealed basement vault. Dome with open spandrels having wavy line ornament to face, topped by a small drum banded by a snake (with tail in mouth) surmounted by a pineapple. Balustraded enclosure with panelled dies at ends and corners surmounted by stele, those attendant to the central part of the monument with weepers in niches and triple stele. Some stone balusters later replaced in terracotta. The design of the central domed structure influenced Giles Gilbert Scott's design of the K2 and subsequent telephone boxes.'
This is part of the Job: 2K/32213 St Pancras Old Church, Pancras Road, St Pancras, Camden, Greater London; within the Volume: VF000004/014 Heritage At Risk - 2024; within the Series: HEC01/153 Heritage At Risk (Post-2015); within the Collection: HEC01 Historic England
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Photographer: Redgrave, Christopher: Historic England
Garden, Commemorative Monument, Tomb