Description

BRIGHTON

TQ3205NW LEWES ROAD
577-1/23/379 (East side)
Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery:
Collingwood, Robertson & another
tomb

GV II

3 tombs approx 30 metres west of the cemetery chapel (qv).
1: John Collingwood, 1796-1861. By W Burnett. Dressed Portland
stone, polished granite and scagliola. In the form of a Gothic
tabernacle.
The base is square in plan with 2 offsets and 2 recessed
quatrefoils to each side inset with scagliola shields;
octagonal canopy with pointed arches to the cardinal points
having an inner order to the outside and the inside, lower
arches to the diagonal faces, and lower arches also flanking
the taller ones so as to carry the lower part of the canopy
out to the corners of the base where they have squat columns
of polished granite shared with the arch on the return;
cross-gables above, the spandrels filled with quatrefoil
decoration, flanked by pinnacles and gargoyles; the motif of
the canopy is roughly and more simply repeated in a stone
lantern at the apex.
2: Frederick William Robertson, 1816-1853. Stone, in the form
of an Egyptian pylon. The principal inscription faces east,
with a bronze plaque above depicting Robertson preaching,
modelled in low relief and inscribed 'WE THEN AS AMBASSADORS
OF CHRIST'; on the west side is a roundel of the same sort
showing Robertson preaching to working men, and subscribed by
members of the Mechanics' Institution; both plaque and roundel
by Wyon; Horus symbol in the frieze. Robertson had a national
reputation as a radical preacher at Holy Trinity Church, Ship
Street (qv).
3: A third tomb, with indecipherable inscription. Granite.
Greek Revival in style. Rectangular in plan; the lower part
resembles a mausoleum with heavily battered sides; the south
face is treated as a door decorated with incised double
rectangles and an unmoulded canopy above; the upper part
resembles a table tomb, the sloping and simply moulded sides
interrupted on the east, south and west sides by panels, that
to the south being inscribed, and the top consisting of a
simple gabled and overhanging slab; decorative ironwork has
been removed from the south gable.
(Dale A: Brighton Cemeteries: Brighton: 1991-).

Listing NGR: TQ3242005840

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26661763

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014