Tomb of FE Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead
Lutyens’s altar-tomb for F. E. Smith, Earl of Birkenhead (†1930), carved by Broadbent in the cemetery’s 1903 Gothic chapel, is a chest with circular motifs on a coved base, akin to his Wimborne tomb at Ashby St Ledgers, and is complemented nearby by Robin, Earl of Birkenhead’s later obelisk cenotaph with lion and griffin reliefs.
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Description
Cemetery. Tiny Gothic chapel of 1903. – F. E. Smith, Earl of Birkenhead, †1930. Altar tomb by Lutyens, carved by Broadbent. Similar to the Wimborne tomb at Ashby St Ledgers. Chest with circles set on a coved base. – Robin, Earl of Birkenhead †1985. Obelisk cenotaph, incised decoration with at the sides a lion and a griffin. (Bailey & Pevsner, 2013, p.169)
Bibliography
Bailey B & Pevsner N (2013) Northamptonshire. The Buildings of England. New Haven: Yale University Press.
, Butler, A., 1950. The architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens: the Lutyens memorial series. Vol III: Town and Public Buildings: Memorials: The Metropolitan Cathedral, Liverpool, Country Life: London and Scribners: New York.
