Tomb Of James Leigh Hunt 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 James Leigh Hunt

WRENN ID
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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 249/80/107 Kensal Green Cemetery 13-JUN-01 Tomb of James Leigh Hunt

II

Sq. 121. Carrara marble pedestal on raised base; east face has releif of an urn with a branch of bay leaves and isncription `write me as one who loved his fellow men'; bust by Joseph Durham stolen (cast in the Keats House Museum, Hampstead). Erected by public subscription. History: Leigh Hunt was an outstanding man of letters of the early 19th century, responsible for championing Keats and Shelley (whose cremation he was present at). See Illustrated London News, 23 October 1869, 413.Condition: very bad, on account of loss of bust.

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