Memorial to the Pears Family, Isleworth Cemetery

MEMORIAL TO THE PEARS FAMILY, ISLEWORTH CEMETERY, PARK ROAD

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1272431
Date first listed:
05-Nov-2002
Statutory Address:
MEMORIAL TO THE PEARS FAMILY, ISLEWORTH CEMETERY, PARK ROAD
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Pears Memorial. Inscriptions to Andrew Pears d.1909, Andrew Pears junior d.1902, and Thomas Pears d.1912
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1272431
Date first listed:
05-Nov-2002
Statutory Address 1:
MEMORIAL TO THE PEARS FAMILY, ISLEWORTH CEMETERY, PARK ROAD

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

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

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489845
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