Tomb of Henry Pettit, Brompton Cemetery

MATERIALS: Pink and grey granite, marble plaque, bronze railings.

A pink granite broken column, with inscribed spiralling laurel leaf decoration on the shaft, standing on a square grey granite pedestal. The pedestal has a deep moulded cap with shaped pediments with the monogram HP surrounded by laurel leaves, and pink granite engaged colonnettes supporting four-centred arches. On the front face within the arched niche is a marble plaque bearing a bust in relief of Henry Pettitt in a pensive attitude. Below the plaque is an inscription reading: IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ HENRY PETTITT/ WHO DIED DECEMBER 24th 1893/ GREATLY MISSED AND DEEPLY MOURNED/ BY HIS WIDOW AND FAMILY/ AGED 45 YEARS. Other family members are commemorated in inscriptions in the other three niches. These are his mother, Lucy, née Hart (1825-1897; Annette, his wife (1847-1916) and Lillian Mary Lucy, his daughter (1879-1918). At the base of the pedestal the name Pettitt is carved in block letters in relief in an incised panel. The pedestal is surrounded by a pink granite kerb, extending around the grave plot, with six pyramid-capped marble posts joined by bronze cabled railings, some of which are missing.