The Buxton Monument, East Sheen Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Richmond upon Thames local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 March 1992. A 20th century Monument.

The Buxton Monument, East Sheen Cemetery

WRENN ID
shifting-pewter-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Richmond upon Thames
Country
England
Date first listed
5 March 1992
Type
Monument
Period
20th century
Source
Historic England listing

Description

The following buildins shall be added:-

TQ 1874 & TQ 1974 SHEEN ROAD

22-/24/10013 The Buxton Monument, East Sheen Cemetery.

  • II

Stele memorial to Markham Buxton (d.1927) by his son Alfred Buxton. Tall granite stele with 5 antefixae to top, on wider granite plinth with inscription on base. It bears a bronze relief of a woman in classical dress playing a lyre with inscription "OUR SWEETEST SONGS ARE THOSE WHICH TELL OF SADDEST THOUGHTS". The bronze is signed by Alfred Buxton, a local sculptor who showed at the Royal Academy Between 1910 and 1929. In 1927 he showed a relief called "Chanson Triste" which is probably this work.

Listing NGR: TQ1928074736

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