West Norwood Memorial Park Tomb Of Doctor Gideon Mantell is a Grade II* listed building in the Lambeth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 March 1981. A Victorian Tomb.

West Norwood Memorial Park Tomb Of Doctor Gideon Mantell

WRENN ID
cold-ashlar-bramble
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Lambeth
Country
England
Date first listed
27 March 1981
Type
Tomb
Period
Victorian
Source
Historic England listing

Description

In the entry for:

(off) NORWOOD ROAD SE27 1. (east side) 5023

TQ 3272 32/711 Tomb of Dr Gideon Mantell in West Norwood Memorial Park II*

the entry shall be amended to read as follows:

TQ3272 (OFF) NORWOOD ROAD 963-0/32/711 (East side) West Norwood Memorial Park Tomb of Dr. Gideon Mantell

GV II*

Pedestal monument. c1852, possibly by Amon Henry Wilds of Brighton. White marble. Rectangular plan battered pediment with coved base and cornice; inscribed. Set within decorative cast iron railings; asymmetrically placed to include a cypress tree. Gideon Algernon Mantell was a surgeon, geologist, paleontologist and discoverer, with Mrs. Mantell, of the iguanodon.

(off) NORWOOD ROAD SE27 1. (east side) 5023 Tomb of Dr Gideon Mantell in West Norwood Memorial Park TQ 3272 32/711

II*

  1. d. 1852; possibly by Amon Henry Wilds of Brighton. Battered sarcophagus of white marble with coved cornice, in decorative cast iron railing, asymmetrically placed to include a cypress tree. Included partly for the historical importance of the paleontologist and discoverer, with Mrs Mantell, of the iguanodon.

Listing NGR: TQ3219172082

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