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TQ2983SE PANCRAS ROAD
798-1/84/1274 Tomb of Sir John Soane, his wife and
16/05/78 son in St Pancras Old Church Gardens
(Formerly Listed as:
ST PANCRAS GARDENS
Tomb to Sir John Soane and his wife
and son John)

GV I

Tomb. Erected 1816 and designed by Sir John Soane in memory of
his wife who died in 1815. Portland stone. Rectangular plan.
Tomb comprises central domed structure supported on 4 panelled
piers with ornamented capitals covering a pedimented structure
on 4 Ionic columns in a decorative style of Soane's own
invention, each side filled with an inscribed slab.
Balustraded enclosure sets out north, south and east of
central structure with staircase approach down at west end to
sealed basement vault. Dome with open spandrels having wavy
line ornament to face, topped by a small drum banded by a
snake (with tail in mouth) surmounted by a pineapple.
Balustraded enclosure with panelled dies at ends and corners
surmounted by stele, those attendant to the central part of
the monument with weepers in niches and triple stele. Some
stone balusters later replaced in terracotta.
HISTORICAL NOTE: the design of the central domed structure
influenced Giles Gilbert Scott's design of the K2 and
subsequent telephone boxes.

Listing NGR: TQ2979883410

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17526647

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)