Tomb Of Benn In Arnos Vale Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 2003. Tomb.
Tomb Of Benn In Arnos Vale Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- far-vestry-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 2003
- Type
- Tomb
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
901-1/0/10135 BATH ROAD 30-JAN-03 Tomb of Benn in Arnos Vale Cemetery
GV II
Tomb of Francis Benn (d.1847) Marble obelisk on a square pedestal with moulded base; the inscription, now weathered, is set within a recessed field with clipped corners. The front of the obelisk bears a relief of a lily, the flower of which has been cut off and lies on the ground: this is emblematic of a life cut off at full bloom. Over the flower hovers a butterfly: this is an ancient Greek symbol for the soul, and shows the Platonic concept of the soul's liberation through death from the body. Such symbolism is more usually encountered on internal funerary monuments. Listed for its elegant Neoclassical form and symbolism.
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