Monument to Mrs Esther Uzielli in Highgate (Western) Cemetery

MONUMENT TO MRS ESTHER UZIELLI IN HIGHGATE (WESTERN) CEMETERY, SWAINS LANE

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1378917
Date first listed:
14-May-1974
List Entry Name:
Monument to Mrs Esther Uzielli in Highgate (Western) Cemetery
Statutory Address:
MONUMENT TO MRS ESTHER UZIELLI IN HIGHGATE (WESTERN) CEMETERY, SWAINS LANE
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1378917
Date first listed:
14-May-1974
Date of most recent amendment:
11-Jan-1999
List Entry Name:
Monument to Mrs Esther Uzielli in Highgate (Western) Cemetery
Statutory Address 1:
MONUMENT TO MRS ESTHER UZIELLI IN HIGHGATE (WESTERN) CEMETERY, SWAINS LANE

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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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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.

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Location

Statutory Address:
MONUMENT TO MRS ESTHER UZIELLI IN HIGHGATE (WESTERN) CEMETERY, SWAINS LANE

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

County:
Greater London Authority
District:
Camden (London Borough)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
TQ 28361 87118

Details

CAMDEN

TQ2887SW SWAIN'S LANE
798-1/5/1578 (West side)
14/05/74 Monument to Mrs Esther Uzielli in
Highgate (Western) Cemetery
(Formerly Listed as:
HIGHGATE (WESTERN) CEMETERY
Unidentified Grave)

GV II

Aedicule monument to Mrs Esther Uzielli, d.1858, previously
unidentified but inscribed on vault slab immediately in front
of tomb, and signed with monogram HY. Stone. Gothic Revival
style. Triangular plan. Moulded base with colonnettes at
angles supporting cross-gabled roofs with central cross
finial. Gabled niches at angles, with cusped heads and blind
tracery above, contain sculptured statuettes of Faith, Hope
and Charity. Main side panels with high relief carvings of the
Nativity, the Raising of Lazarus and the Ascension; gables
above with sculptured demi-angels. The monument is surrounded
by Gothic cast-iron railings, an integral part of the listed
structure.

Listing NGR: TQ2836287117

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
478278
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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