Tomb of Thomas Sayers in Highgate (Western) Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. Tomb.

Tomb of Thomas Sayers in Highgate (Western) Cemetery

WRENN ID: white-barrel-marsh
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Camden
Country: England
Date first listed: 14 May 1974
Type: Tomb
Source: Historic England listing

Description

TQ2887SW 798-1/5/1577

CAMDEN SWAIN'S LANE (West side) Tomb of Thomas Sayers in Highgate (Western) Cemetery

(Formerly Listed as: HIGHGATE (WESTERN) CEMETERY, Grave of Thomas Sayers)

14/05/74

GV II Chest tomb with sculptured dog. c1865. Marble. Rectangular plinth with chest tomb having battered sides, clasping pilaster strips, projecting cornice with antefixae and pediment to short end having a relief wreath with ribbons. Beneath pediment, a relief portrait cameo with inscription. On plinth in front, a life sized sculpture of Sayers's mastiff dog, Lion, recumbent.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Thomas Sayers was the last of the bare-fisted prizefighters. Immensely popular during his lifetime, his funeral was said to have been attended by 10,000 people with his dog riding on an individual open carriage immediately behind the coffin.

Listing NGR: TQ2842887188

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