West Norwood Memorial Park Tomb Of James Baldwin Brown

The tomb of James Baldwin Brown, located in West Norwood Memorial Park, is a Grade II listed pedestal monument dating from around 1885, with an unknown designer. It is made of terracotta and features an eclectic Romanesque and Gothic style. The monument has a square pedestal adorned with attached Ionic colonettes at the corners and a nail-head frieze. There is an inset inscribed panel with a cable moulded border, flanked by rectangular inscribed panels with mitred corners. Above this, the structure has an arcaded square-plan base supported by twisted columns at the angles, featuring beaded round-headed arches with cusping and infilled with dog-tooth tablets. The shaft is panelled and tapering, topped with a cross that includes an intertwined IHS sacred monogram and a beaded nimbus. This tomb is noted for being one of the earliest examples of a celtic cross.