Newcastle General Cemetery, tomb of Thomas Oliver

HER Number:
9187

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle General Cemetery, tomb of Thomas Oliver

Place:
Jesmond

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Tomb

Site Type: Specific:
Tomb

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Column tomb. Circa 1857. Memorial to Thomas Oliver, architect, of 3 Ricton Place, Newcastle, died 9 December 1857, and his wife d.1886. Sandstone ashlar. Panelled pedestal with egg-and-dart moulded cornice supports octagonal column with urn finial. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
425840

Northing:
565620

Grid Reference:
NZ425840565620

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 9/346