Newcastle General Cemetery, tomb of Thomas Oliver
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
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
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 9/346