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HARROW ROAD , W10
English Heritage Reference: 425562
RBKC Reference: 249/80/56
Property: BIRKBECK MAUSOLEUM   
Street: HARROW ROAD , W10
Date: 06/09/1989
Grade: II
Grouped: GV
Description: Also Known As: Dr George Birkbeck Mausoleum, HARROW ROAD W10, KENSAL GREEN CEMETERY Mausoleum of Dr George Birkbeck, died 1841. Portland stone. Pedimented mausoleum with corner pilasters from plinth to entablature with inscribed frieze; square-headed moulded architrave to doorway (blocked) on south end. Commemorates family of Dr George Birkbeck (1776-1841), philosopher, founder of the Working Mens' Mechanics Institutions and, in 1827, University College, London.
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