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Freshfield Family Grave

A Grade II Listed Building in Woking, Surrey

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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

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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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