Eleanora And William Gillespie Obelisk At Toxteth Park Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. Funerary monument.

Eleanora And William Gillespie Obelisk At Toxteth Park Cemetery

WRENN ID
final-ledge-hawk
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Liverpool
Country
England
Type
Funerary monument
Address
Eleanora And William Gillespie Obelisk At Toxteth Park Cemetery, Smithdown Road
OS grid reference
SJ 376 889
Coordinates
53.39378, -2.93873
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Eleanora and William Gillespie Obelisk is a funerary monument located in Toxteth Park Cemetery, built in 1871. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar with pink granite dressings and features white marble panels, showcasing a Gothic style. The monument has a battered square pedestal adorned with cusped inlaid panels set in moulded surrounds. Above this is a square tabernacle with crocketed cross-gables, supported by clustered granite shafts. The design includes cusped pointed-arched panels, one of which is inscribed. At the top, there is a tall octagonal spire finial that features bands of enrichment and is crowned with a cross.

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