Tomb of Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin and Mary Jane Godwin, St Pancras Old Church Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1999. Tomb.
Tomb of Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin and Mary Jane Godwin, St Pancras Old Church Gardens
- WRENN ID
- north-bonework-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 January 1999
- Type
- Tomb
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Pedestal tomb. Late C18 cornice top and base; die (central part of the pedestal) carefully reinstated with new lettering in 1992. Portland stone. Square on plan. Moulded rectangular base with plain stone die inscribed in Roman capitals on three faces. Deep overhanging moulded cornice top. West face: ‘MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT GODWIN Author of A Vindication of the rights of Woman born 27th April 1750 Died 10th September 1797’. South face: ‘WILLIAM GODWIN author of Political Justice born 3rd March 1756 Died 7th April 1836 Aged 80 years’. East face: ‘MARY JANE Second Wife of WILLIAM GODWIN Died 17th June 1841 Aged 75 years’.
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 1 September 2025 to amend the language in the description
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