Description

UPPER BRISTOL ROAD (North Side)

LOCKSBROOK CEMETERY

656-1/0/0
de Clarke Monument

II

Edward Onslow Ford, sculptor (signed on the north-west corner 'Edward Onslow Ford London 1900'). Bronze sarcophagus with angel, over base of Pennant Stone. Sarcophagus sides decorated with Jacobean strapwork ornament, and bearing some armorial and inscription cartouches. Angel above sits on top of sarcophagus, head looking heavenwards, holding a scroll.
HISTORY: Monument erected to Mary (d.1895), wife of Lieut.-Gen. The Hon. Sir Andrew Clarke RE (d.1902). Edward Onslow Ford (1852-1901) was one of the leading practitioners of the 'New Sculpture'. This is an unusual and high quality outdoor bronze memorial, characteristic of the leading tendencies in late Victorian/Edwardian tomb design, executed in an eclectic mixture of Neoclassicism and Jacobean Revival. It is by some margin the finest tomb in the cemetery. Clarke was Colonel Commandant of the Royal Engineers.

Listing NGR:

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q95396781

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
• 
  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy