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The Buxton Monument, East Sheen Cemetery

A Grade II Listed Building in Richmond upon Thames, London

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.459 / 51°27'32"N

Longitude: -0.2845 / 0°17'4"W

OS Eastings: 519280

OS Northings: 174736

OS Grid: TQ192747

Mapcode National: GBR 80.YRF

Mapcode Global: VHGR3.0LYC

Plus Code: 9C3XFP58+J6

Entry Name: The Buxton Monument, East Sheen Cemetery

Listing Date: 5 March 1992

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1261261

English Heritage Legacy ID: 438029

ID on this website: 101261261

Location: East Sheen Cemetery, Richmond upon Thames, London, TW10

County: London

District: Richmond upon Thames

Electoral Ward/Division: South Richmond

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Richmond upon Thames

Traditional County: Surrey

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London

Church of England Parish: Richmond Holy Trinity and Christ Church

Church of England Diocese: Southwark

Tagged with: Monument

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Description


The following buildins shall be added:-

TQ 1874 & TQ 1974 SHEEN ROAD

22-/24/10013 The Buxton Monument,
East Sheen Cemetery.

- II


Stele memorial to Markham Buxton (d.1927) by his son Alfred
Buxton. Tall granite stele with 5 antefixae to top, on wider
granite plinth with inscription on base. It bears a bronze relief
of a woman in classical dress playing a lyre with inscription
"OUR SWEETEST SONGS ARE THOSE WHICH TELL OF SADDEST THOUGHTS".
The bronze is signed by Alfred Buxton, a local sculptor who
showed at the Royal Academy Between 1910 and 1929. In 1927 he
showed a relief called "Chanson Triste" which is probably this
work.


Listing NGR: TQ1928074736

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