Tomb Of Emile Blondin 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 Emile Blondin

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 249/80/117 Kensal Green Cemetery 13-JUN-01 Tomb of Emile Blondin

II

Also Known As: Tomb of Jean Francois Gravelet, HARROW ROAD W10, Kensal Green Cemetery

Tomb of Emile Blondin, died 1897. By McDonald and Leslie, masons (signed). Pink Peterhead granite and Carrara marble monument. Gabled granite headstone with shafts and base of grey granite, with matching kerb and posts; IHS monogram in star between two inset facing marble portrait reliefs of Blondin and wife, formerly behind glass, with bronze surrounds; marble statue of Hope on top. History: Blondin (a.k.a. Jean-Francois Gravelet) was the celebrated showman and tightrope-walker, renowned for his crossings of Niagara Falls.

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