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Latitude: 51.4408 / 51°26'26"N
Longitude: -2.5665 / 2°33'59"W
OS Eastings: 360720
OS Northings: 171463
OS Grid: ST607714
Mapcode National: GBR CGQ.FC
Mapcode Global: VH88V.G1JT
Plus Code: 9C3VCCRM+89
Entry Name: Tomb of Matthews in Arnos Vale Cemetery
Listing Date: 30 January 2003
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1350402
English Heritage Legacy ID: 489994
ID on this website: 101350402
Location: Arnos Vale Cemetery, Arno's Vale, Bristol, BS4
County: City of Bristol
Electoral Ward/Division: Windmill Hill
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Bristol
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Bristol
Church of England Parish: Knowle Holy Nativity
Church of England Diocese: Bristol
Tagged with: Tomb
901-1/0/10136 BATH ROAD
30-JAN-03 Tomb of Matthews in Arnos Vale Cemetery
GV II*
Tomb of Thomas Gadd Matthews (d.1860)
Signed by Tyley of Bristol, monumental masons. Marble, on a base of Pennant stone. A two-stage monument of large proportions, set within a plot surround with ten marble posts, connected with tubular rails; the posts are headed with segmental pediments to each face, decorated with flowers. The monument stands on a stepped base, the upper section of which has concave sides. The lower section comprises a chest tomb with scrolled, acanthus-enriched consoles set at angles to the corners. Each face has an inset inscription panel, surrounded with a foliate border to the sides. The upper stage consists of a sarcophagus standing on claw feet: on each side is a relief of a 'tabula ansata' flanked by foliate enrichment to the corners. The gadrooned cover supports a moulded, two-stage lid surmounted with a finial made up of consoles and an anthemion motif.
HISTORY: Matthews is described here as a merchant. His monument is among the finest in the cemetery. It is of unusual ambition, and is remarkable in its reliance on 18th century Georgian churchyard memorials for inspiration.
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