Monument to John Allan, Nunhead Cemetery
MONUMENT TO JOHN ALLAN, NUNHEAD CEMETERY, LINDEN GROVE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1385650
- Date first listed:
- 17-Sept-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Monument to John Allan, Nunhead Cemetery
- Statutory Address:
- MONUMENT TO JOHN ALLAN, NUNHEAD CEMETERY, LINDEN GROVE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1385650
- Date first listed:
- 17-Sept-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Monument to John Allan, Nunhead Cemetery
- Statutory Address 1:
- MONUMENT TO JOHN ALLAN, NUNHEAD CEMETERY, LINDEN GROVE
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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.
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- MONUMENT TO JOHN ALLAN, NUNHEAD CEMETERY, LINDEN GROVE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Southwark (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 35421 75369
Details
SOUTHWARK
TQ3575SW LINDEN GROVE 636-1/52/475 Monument to John Allan, Nunhead Cemetery
GV II
Funerary monument. After 1865. To John Allan, d.1865. Possibly by Matthew Noble. Granite aedicule on 2-stage base, with 4 columns per side, surmounted by an arched roof with 2 lion masks per side and a ridge with 2 Celtic cross finials. Steps leading to vault in front. Marble relief of the Ascension on front, bronze portrait roundel on rear. 4 pedestals at corners, originally each with an urn above (some missing at time of inspection). Projecting coffin-like slab in front of the aedicule was originally flanked by a pair of mourning female figures. HISTORICAL NOTE: Allan was a successful Whitby-born shipowner. A portrait in marble of Allan was exhibited by Matthew Noble at the 1867 RA. The monument is based upon the Pavaya Mausoleum at Xanthos, discovered in the 1830s. The most elaborate monument in the cemetery.
Listing NGR: TQ3542175369
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 471054
- 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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