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Latitude: 51.2955 / 51°17'43"N
Longitude: -0.6225 / 0°37'20"W
OS Eastings: 496142
OS Northings: 156048
OS Grid: SU961560
Mapcode National: GBR FBP.RFY
Mapcode Global: VHFV7.5P8S
Plus Code: 9C3X79WH+52
Entry Name: Freshfield Family Grave
Listing Date: 23 July 2004
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1391038
English Heritage Legacy ID: 492726
ID on this website: 101391038
Location: Brookwood Cemetery, Woking, Surrey, GU22
County: Surrey
District: Woking
Electoral Ward/Division: Heathlands
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Worplesdon
Traditional County: Surrey
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Surrey
Church of England Parish: Woking St John the Baptist
Church of England Diocese: Guildford
Tagged with: Architectural structure
71/0/10033 Freshfield Family Grave, Brookwood Cem
23-JUL-04 etery
GV II
Memorial to Henry Douglas Freshfield (1877-1891). By Edward Onslow Ford, sculptor. 1892. Carara and Siena marble with bronze enrichment; wrought iron railings.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial comprises a large enclosure, set within elaborate railings with a quatrefoil repeat. In the centre is a moulded sarcophagus in the C15 Florentine style, with urn and festoon decoration to the sides and inscription plaques on the top. Behind this, set between yew trees, is a tall pedimented aedicule. Its lower panel, pilaster capitals, frieze and tympanum are all enriched with bronze: the frieze is decorated with peacocks, butterflies and garlands, while the pediment sports a relief of Apolllo in his chariot. Set between fluted Corinthian pilasters of Siena marble is a bas-relief group, consisting of a pair of naked putti with inverted torches, emblems of death, on either side of a parade shield; above is a profile portrait of the young Henry Freshfield, who wears an Eton collar.
HISTORY: also to Freshfield's parents, Augusta (d.1911) and Douglas (d.1934): he was an eminent barrister, mountaineer and travel writer. This is an outstanding late Victorian memorial by the eminent sculptor Edward Onslow Ford, a prominent practitioner of the New Sculpture. This memorial, one of the most lavish in the cemetery, is an outstanding example of late Victorian Renaissance Revival design and is of high sculptural quality.
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