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| English Heritage Reference: | 487807 |
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| RBKC Reference: | 249/80/48 |
| Property: | TOMB OF THOMAS HOOD |
| Street: | HARROW ROAD , W10 |
| Date: | 13/06/2001 |
| Grade: | II |
| Grouped: | GV |
| Description: | Tomb of Thomas Hood (died 1845.) By Matthew Noble, 1854. Pink Peterhead granite pedestal, formerly embellished with a bronze bust and reliefs on each side (now missing). Stepped grey granite base. History: Hood was an immensely popular poet and humorist; his best known work, The Song of the Shirt, is referred to on the pedestal. See The Builder,2nd September 1854, 460 and Illustrated London News, 15 July 1854, 36 |
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