Description

SOUTHWARK

TQ3575SW LINDEN GROVE
636-1/52/475 Monument to John Allan, Nunhead
Cemetery

GV II

Funerary monument. After 1865. To John Allan, d.1865.
Possibly by Matthew Noble. Granite aedicule on 2-stage base,
with 4 columns per side, surmounted by an arched roof with 2
lion masks per side and a ridge with 2 Celtic cross finials.
Steps leading to vault in front. Marble relief of the
Ascension on front, bronze portrait roundel on rear. 4
pedestals at corners, originally each with an urn above (some
missing at time of inspection). Projecting coffin-like slab in
front of the aedicule was originally flanked by a pair of
mourning female figures.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Allan was a successful Whitby-born shipowner.
A portrait in marble of Allan was exhibited by Matthew Noble
at the 1867 RA. The monument is based upon the Pavaya
Mausoleum at Xanthos, discovered in the 1830s. The most
elaborate monument in the cemetery.

Listing NGR: TQ3542175369

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26665420

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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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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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments