Description

TQ 3071
963/34/10055

STREATHAM HIGH ROAD, SW16 (West side)
Monument to Thomas Helps, East of St Leonard's Church

GV
II
Chest tomb. 1842. Limestone. Rectangular on plan with diagonally-set square projections at each angle. Moulded plinth; plain side-panels in moulded recesses; acanthus-decorated console brackets at corners supporting cover stone which has pedimented sides and gablets at corners, all decorated with anthemion and floral volutes. Inscriptions on east and west panels commemorate Thomas Helps d 1842; his wife Ann, d.1851; and three of their sons, most notable of whom was Sir Arthur Helps, d. 1875. Set on slab which formerly carried iron railings, now missing.

Sir Arthur Helps was clerk of the privy council 1860 - 1875, prepared a number of volumes of Queen Victoria's writings and an edition of Prince Albert's speeches, and was himself an author.

Listing NGR: TQ3001971725

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27084430

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