King And Du Pont Family Monument, South Enclosure

The King and Du Pont family monument is a late 18th-century pedestal tomb located in the south enclosure of Bunhill Fields Burial Ground. It features a simple hexagonal pedestal with a moulded projecting top and base, and side panels supported by bronze uprights, which were originally whitewashed but are now partially exposed. This pedestal rests on a large sandstone slab that covers the burial vault beneath. Although the carved text on the side panels is badly eroded, the names of various members of the King and Du Pont families and their dates of death in the late 1700s can still be made out.

Bunhill Fields was first enclosed as a burial ground in 1665. Its location just outside the City boundary and its independence from any established place of worship made it London's main Nonconformist cemetery, where notable figures such as John Bunyan, Daniel Defoe, and William Blake were buried. The cemetery was closed for burials in 1853, converted into a public park in 1867, and re-landscaped after war damage by Bridgewater and Shepheard in 1964-1965.

The monument is designated for its prominent Neoclassical style and polygonal form, which reflects the late 18th-century fashion for ancient Greek motifs. It is also part of the Grade I registered Bunhill Fields Burial Ground and has group value with other listed tombs in the south enclosure, particularly the notable Greek Revival monument to Joseph Denison located to the north-west.