Robinson Family Monument, South Enclosure

The Robinson family monument is an early 19th-century headstone located in the South Enclosure of Bunhill Fields Burial Ground. It is made of sandstone and features a Portland footstone. The monument consists of an upright slab with a shaped top that contains an elliptical plaque inscribed with the words: 'The Family Grave / of / SAMUEL ROBINSON / Finsbury Place'. Below the plaque, there is a band of Neoclassical ornament with simple rectangular panels, which continue down the sides of the slab as a pair of short channelled pilasters topped with roundels. This design reflects the stripped Neoclassicism style perfected by the architect Sir John Soane. The inscription commemorates Samuel Robinson (who died in 1835), his wife Marianne, and their two infant children. At the base of the monument is a small shaped footstone.

Bunhill Fields was first enclosed as a burial ground in 1665 and became London's main Nonconformist cemetery due to its location just outside the City boundary and its independence from any Established place of worship. It is the burial site of notable figures such as John Bunyan, Daniel Defoe, and William Blake. The burial ground was closed in 1853, turned into a public park in 1867, and underwent re-landscaping after war damage in 1964-5.

The Robinson family monument is recognized for its exceptional preservation and unique 'Soanean' ornamentation, and it holds group value with other listed tombs in the south enclosure of the Grade I registered Bunhill Fields Burial Ground.