West Norwood Memorial Park Tomb Of Sir Henry Bessemer is a Grade II listed building in the Lambeth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 March 1981. Tomb.

West Norwood Memorial Park Tomb Of Sir Henry Bessemer

WRENN ID
sharp-sentry-violet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lambeth
Country
England
Date first listed
27 March 1981
Type
Tomb
Source
Historic England listing

Description

In the entry for:

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

TQ 3271 32/712 Tomb of Sir Henry Bessemer in West Norwood Memorial Park II

the entry shall be amended to read as follows:

TQ3272 (OFF) NORWOOD ROAD 963-0/32/712 (East side) 27113/81 West Norwood Memorial Park Tomb of Sir Henry Bessemer

GV II

Headstone & grave slab. c1898, designer unknown. Marble and pink granite. Headstone with round-arched head, shaped at angles and with a pink granite colonette set into each side; carved chaplet above inscription. Rectangular grave slab with hipped pink granite top. Bessemer was an engineer and prolific inventor, being most famous for his process for converting pig iron into steel which revolutionised the industry and was used throughout the world. ------------------------------------

(off) NORWOOD ROAD SE27 1. (east side) 5023 Tomb of Sir Henry Bessemer in West Norwood Memorial Park TQ 3272 32/712

II

  1. d. 1898. Slab on plinth with pointed top. Included for historic interest of Bessemer the engineer and prolific inventor whose process for manufacturing steel on a large scale became used throughout the world.

Listing NGR: TQ3219472048

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