Tomb of William Baillieu

Catalogue No. C0510
Date 1937

Windlesham
St John the Baptist
Surrey, England

In the far north-west corner of St John the Baptist churchyard, two travertine marble tombs for wealthy Australians display Lutyens’s monumental classicism: a sublimely curved altar for Mrs Julia Eleanor Clark (†1934) and a plinth with Doric frame and tazza for William Baillieu (†1936).

Description

ST JOHN THE BAPTIST. – In the far NW corner of the churchyard two travertine marble TOMBS for wealthy Australians, showcasing the best and worst of Lutyens’s monumental classicism. – Mrs Julia Eleanor Clark (of Windlesham Moor) †1934 has a sublime altar with exquisite abstract curves at the base. William Baillieu †1936 also has a plinth but supporting a frame of Doric columns and entablature above a tazza. (O’Brien et al., 2022, p.739)

Bibliography

O’Brien, C., Nairn, I. and Cherry, B. (2022) Surrey. Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England. New Haven: Yale University Press., Nairn, I., Pevsner, N. (1971) Surrey (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England). 2nd edn. Yale University Press.

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