Memorial and grave of Sam Wilson at NGR 2678 3909 in Lawnswood Cemetery

Memorial and grave of Sam Wilson at NGR 2678 3909 in Lawnswood Cemetery, Otley Road

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1375324
Date first listed:: 11-Sep-1996
List Entry Name:: Memorial and grave of Sam Wilson at NGR 2678 3909 in Lawnswood Cemetery
Statutory Address:: Memorial and grave of Sam Wilson at NGR 2678 3909 in Lawnswood Cemetery, Otley Road

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1375324
Date first listed:: 11-Sep-1996
List Entry Name:: Memorial and grave of Sam Wilson at NGR 2678 3909 in Lawnswood Cemetery
Statutory Address 1:: Memorial and grave of Sam Wilson at NGR 2678 3909 in Lawnswood Cemetery, Otley Road

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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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Memorial and grave of Sam Wilson at NGR 2678 3909 in Lawnswood Cemetery, Otley Road

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District:: Leeds (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: SE2668239088

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SE23NE 714-1/6/943

LEEDS Lawnswood OTLEY ROAD (west side (off)) Memorial and grave of Sam Wilson at NGR 2678 3909 in Lawnswood Cemetery

GV II

Memorial and grave of Sam Wilson. 1918. By E Caldwell Spruce. Black marble, bronze figures and plaques. On a corner site; central plaque with raised lettering: 'IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ SAM WILSON JP OF LEEDS/ BORN JAN 16th 1851/ DIED DEC 13th 1918/ AND OF/ ANN WILSON/ HIS BELOVED WIFE/ BORN FEB 27th 1862/ DIED FEB 27th 1931/ 'MORS JANUA VITAE''. Above this is a plaque with symbols of death and mourning in relief, behind is an angled screen 'wall' surmounted by a tall angel holding a torch aloft; side panels ramped down to form bases for statues representing 'Faith' (left, a shrouded figure with book and crucifix) and 'Benevolence' (right, a kneeling female figure holding cross and cup).

Samuel Wilson, of Rutland Lodge, Potternewton, was chairman of Joshua Wilson and Sons, worsted coating manufacturers of Bean Ing Mills, Wellington Street. His principal public works were connected with Leeds Art Gallery and he left his collection of paintings, porcelain, bronzes and furniture to the city on the death of his wife. He left £100 in his will to the Headingley-cum-Burley Burial Board for the upkeep of a grave and tombstone. (Leeds Obituaries Volume 5, 13 and 14 December 1918).

Listing NGR: SE2668239088

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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.