THE NORTHERN COLONNADE
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1080629
Date first listed: 07-Nov-1984
Date of most recent amendment: 13-Jun-2001
Statutory Address: THE NORTHERN COLONNADE, HARROW ROAD W10
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Location
Statutory Address: THE NORTHERN COLONNADE, HARROW ROAD W10
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Greater London Authority
District: Kensington and Chelsea (London Borough)
National Grid Reference: TQ 23164 82722
Details
249/80/143 HARROW ROAD W10
07-NOV-84 KENSAL GREEN CEMETERY
The Northern Colonnade
(Formerly listed as:
HARROW ROAD W10
KENSAL GREEN CEMETERY
CATACOMBS OPPOSITE COLLEGE ROAD)
GV II
Cemetery colonnade and catacombs. 1832-33 by John Griffith, Surveyor to the General Cemetery Company. Portland stone, rendered brick walls, York stone floor. Single storey colonnade, 26 bays long, of unfluted baseless Doric columns: the endmost three bays at each end projecting and flanked with square piers. Low parapet survives in part, with some anthemion finials in situ. Rear wall formerly supported numerous marble memorial tablets and relief sculptures, most of which have been lost through vandalism. Catacombs underneath no longer accessible and partly blocked with rubble.
History: one of the earliest structures in the cemetery, the colonnade was intended to house memorials to those buried in the catacombs below. These catacombs were the first of their kind in the country, and had a capacity of about 2,000 coffins.
Listing NGR: TQ2316582722
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number: 203825
Legacy System: LBS
Sources
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 17 Greater London
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing