Tomb Of Thomas Hood is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 2001. Tomb.

Tomb Of Thomas Hood

WRENN ID: errant-wicket-fen
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Kensington and Chelsea
Country: England
Date first listed: 13 June 2001
Type: Tomb
Source: Historic England listing

Description

KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA

TQ2382NW HARROW ROAD W10 249/80/48 Kensal Green Cemetery 13-JUN-01 Tomb of Thomas Hood

GV II

Tomb of Thomas Hood (died 1845.) By Matthew Noble, 1854. Pink Peterhead granite pedestal, formerly embellished with a bronze bust and reliefs on each side (now missing). Stepped grey granite base. History: Hood was an immensely popular poet and humorist; his best known work, The Song of the Shirt, is referred to on the pedestal. See The Builder,2nd September 1854, 460 and Illustrated London News, 15 July 1854, 36.

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