Tomb of George Broad Approximately 160 Metres East of West Gate, Hammersmith Cemetery
TOMB OF GEORGE BROAD APPROXIMATELY 160 METRES EAST OF WEST GATE, HAMMERSMITH CEMETERY, MARGRAVINE ROAD W6
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1072615
- Date first listed:
- 16-Sept-1997
- List Entry Name:
- Tomb of George Broad Approximately 160 Metres East of West Gate, Hammersmith Cemetery
- Statutory Address:
- TOMB OF GEORGE BROAD APPROXIMATELY 160 METRES EAST OF WEST GATE, HAMMERSMITH CEMETERY, MARGRAVINE ROAD W6
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1072615
- Date first listed:
- 16-Sept-1997
- List Entry Name:
- Tomb of George Broad Approximately 160 Metres East of West Gate, Hammersmith Cemetery
- Statutory Address 1:
- TOMB OF GEORGE BROAD APPROXIMATELY 160 METRES EAST OF WEST GATE, HAMMERSMITH CEMETERY, MARGRAVINE ROAD W6
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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- TOMB OF GEORGE BROAD APPROXIMATELY 160 METRES EAST OF WEST GATE, HAMMERSMITH CEMETERY, MARGRAVINE ROAD W6
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Hammersmith and Fulham (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 23916 78136
Details
TQ 2378 MARGRAVINE ROAD, W6
(North East side, Off)
333/6/10037 Tomb of George Broad, approx.
160 metres east of West Gate,
Hammersmith Cemetery
GV II
Tomb monument. c1895. Cast bronze with a sandstone base. Low, shaped base surmounted by a Free Baroque panel with richly scrolled top and which is fronted by a relief of an angel with a sword and holding an inscribed Renaissance shield. A lower panel bears a relief of 2 putti with the inscription "Requiescat in pace". The monument is signed A Fabbrucci on the lower left corner.
HISTORY: George Broad ran a foundry in Hammersmith and was responsible for casting the most celebrated of all late Victorian public monuments, Eros, by Alfred Gilbert for whom Broad also carried out other casting. Aristide Fabbrucci was a London-based sculptor and modeller, probably the son of Florentine sculptor Luigi Fabbrucci. He was best known for his figure of Commerce, designed for the Glasgow Pavilion of Plastic Arts in 1898.
Listing NGR: TQ2391678136
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 468848
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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