MEMORIAL TO THE PEARS FAMILY, ISLEWORTH CEMETERY

MEMORIAL TO THE PEARS FAMILY, ISLEWORTH CEMETERY, PARK ROAD

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1272431
Date first listed:: 05-Nov-2002
List Entry Name:: MEMORIAL TO THE PEARS FAMILY, ISLEWORTH CEMETERY
Statutory Address:: MEMORIAL TO THE PEARS FAMILY, ISLEWORTH CEMETERY, PARK ROAD

Pears Memorial. Inscriptions to Andrew Pears d.1909, Andrew Pears junior d.1902, and Thomas Pears d.1912 — Uploaded by Brian Gratton This photo may not represent the current condition of the site
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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1272431
Date first listed:: 05-Nov-2002
List Entry Name:: MEMORIAL TO THE PEARS FAMILY, ISLEWORTH CEMETERY
Statutory Address 1:: MEMORIAL TO THE PEARS FAMILY, ISLEWORTH CEMETERY, PARK ROAD

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: MEMORIAL TO THE PEARS FAMILY, ISLEWORTH CEMETERY, PARK ROAD

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Greater London Authority
District:: Hounslow (London Borough)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: TQ 16576 76410

Details

787/0/10143 PARK ROAD 05-NOV-02 Memorial to the Pears family, Islewort h Cemetery

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Monument to the Pears family. C.1902. Mason unknown. An elaborate tall monument of grey granite, comprising a twelve-sided base, rising up to a circular plinth, with three pilasters. Above the cornice are six projecting balusters, carrying a second cornice which projects over the balusters; above these are antefixes with ribs behind, rising over the domed superstructure. The finial comprises a four-armed cross. The inscriptions are to Andrew Pears d.1909, Andrew Pears junior d.1902, and Thomas Pears d.1912 on board the SS Titanic. HISTORY: the most elaborate monument in the cemetery, this memorial (Baroque in conception) commemorates three men of the Pears family, the prominent soap manufacturers, whose factory was located close by. An exuberant example of the commercial mason's craft, it is also of historic intererst.

Legacy

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Legacy System number:: 489845
Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.