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Listed building outline: Singer Sarcophagus North East Of Anglican Chapel At Torquay Cemetery 390491

Singer Sarcophagus North East Of Anglican Chapel At Torquay Cemetery 390491

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entry-date: 1994-05-02
listed-building: 1280071
name: Singer Sarcophagus North East Of Anglican Chapel At Torquay Cemetery
notes: Sarcophagus commemorating Isaac Merritt Singer, d.1875, and other members of the family. Signed by the Monumental Company, Kensal Green. White Italian marble on a polished grey granite plinth with steps and enclosed by a fence of polished grey granite posts with chains slung between. Renaissance style. The sarcophagus has corbelled diagonal buttresses and a coped oversailing lid. Lavish carving includes passion flowers, corn stalks and vines. Inscription panels on all four sides with foliage-carved frames. A sumptuous monument to the founder of the Singer Sewing Machine Company, who financed the building of Oldway in Paignton (qv). Reported to have cost 'several thousand pounds'. (Brooks, Chris: Mortal Remains: 1989-: P.176). Listing NGR: SX9063166064
reference: 390491
start-date: 1994-05-02
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