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Tomb of Emily Adney Bond, Brompton Cemetery

A Grade II Listed Building in Redcliffe, London

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.4881 / 51°29'17"N

Longitude: -0.1927 / 0°11'33"W

OS Eastings: 525580

OS Northings: 178126

OS Grid: TQ255781

Mapcode National: GBR 0N.YQ

Mapcode Global: VHGQY.MV0K

Plus Code: 9C3XFRQ4+7W

Entry Name: Tomb of Emily Adney Bond, Brompton Cemetery

Listing Date: 21 December 2011

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1403347

ID on this website: 101403347

Location: Brompton Cemetery, West Brompton, Kensington and Chelsea, London, SW5

County: London

District: Kensington and Chelsea

Electoral Ward/Division: Redcliffe

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Kensington and Chelsea

Traditional County: Middlesex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London

Church of England Parish: St Luke, South Kensington

Church of England Diocese: London

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Summary


Tomb of Emily Adney Bond, c.1843

Description


MATERIAL: Portland stone

The tomb comprises a tall draped stone sarcophagus resting on short pedestals at the ends, on a moulded slab base. The drapery has a shallow inset panel which originally bore the inscription, but this has completely worn away.

History


Brompton Cemetery was one of the 'magnificent seven' privately-run burial grounds established in the 1830s and 1840s to relieve pressure on London's overcrowded churchyards. It was laid out in 1839-1844 to designs by the architect Benjamin B Baud, who devised a classical landscape of axial drives and vistas with rond-points at the intersections marked by mausolea or ornamental planting, the latter devised by Isaac Finnemore with advice from J C Loudon. The main Ceremonial Way culminates in a dramatic architectural ensemble recalling Bernini's piazza in front of St Peter's in Rome, with flanking colonnades curving outwards to form a Great Circle, closed at its southern end in a domed Anglican chapel (the planned Catholic and Nonconformist chapels were omitted for financial reasons). The cemetery, never a commercial success, was compulsorily purchased by the General Board of Health in the early 1850s, and has remained in state ownership ever since.

Reasons for Listing


* Design interest: an unusual mid-C19 tomb, one of the earliest in the cemetery, in the form of a draped sarcophagus
* Craftsmanship: high-quality carving of drapery
* Group value: with other listed tombs in the Grade I-registered Brompton Cemetery.

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