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Title
The Loudon Monument (The Coffin in the Air)
Date
1843
Medium
stone & iron
Accession number
HA5_SR_S028
Acquisition method
commissioned by J. C. Loudon
Work type
Tomb or mausoleum
Owner
Louden family
Custodian
St John the Baptist Church
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Listing date
25/05/83
Access
at all times
Inscription description
HERE LIES THE BODY OF / AGNES LOUDON / WIFE (...) LATE WILLIAM LOUDON / (...) ALL IN THIS PARISH / (...) AGED 77 YEARS / THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED / TO THE MEMORY OF HIS PARENTS / BY THEIR ELDEST SON / JOHN CLAUDIUS LOUDON / WHO DIED 14TH DEC 1843 / AND IS INTERRED IN THE / CEMETERY AT KENSALL GREEN.