Description

In the entry for:

(off) NORWOOD ROAD SE27
1. (east side)
5023

TQ 3271 32/712 Tomb of Sir Henry Bessemer
in West Norwood Memorial
Park
II

the entry shall be amended to read as follows:

TQ3272 (OFF) NORWOOD ROAD
963-0/32/712 (East side)
27113/81 West Norwood Memorial Park
Tomb of Sir Henry Bessemer

GV II

Headstone & grave slab. c1898, designer unknown. Marble and
pink granite. Headstone with round-arched head, shaped at
angles and with a pink granite colonette set into each side;
carved chaplet above inscription. Rectangular grave slab with
hipped pink granite top. Bessemer was an engineer and prolific
inventor, being most famous for his process for converting pig
iron into steel which revolutionised the industry and was used
throughout the world.
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(off) NORWOOD ROAD SE27
1. (east side)
5023

Tomb of Sir Henry
Bessemer in
West Norwood Memorial
Park
TQ 3272 32/712

II

2.
d. 1898. Slab on plinth with pointed top. Included for historic interest of
Bessemer the engineer and prolific inventor whose process for manufacturing steel
on a large scale became used throughout the world.

Listing NGR: TQ3219472048

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26318130

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Recommended Books

• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
• 
  Old House Care and Repair
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)