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Peter Nicholson Monument, Carlisle Cemetery


There is a monument to the eminent achrchitect Perter Nicholson (1765-1844) in Carlisle Cemetery. It was designed by Robert William Billings, illustrator and architect (1813-1874). Billings published the design of the monument in the Building Chronicle, in April 1855, asking readers for financial contributions to the monument. It was errected in 1856, soon after the opening of the cemetery. The monument is Grade II* listed on the National Heritage List for England.

PETER NICHOLSON, ARCHITECT, AUTHOR OF THE ARCHITECTURAL DICTIONARY AND OTHER WORKS OF MERIT. BORN AT PRESTONKIRK JULY 20 1765, DIED AT CARLISLE JUNE 18 1844

Carlisle Cemetery Grade II* Listed Peter Nicholson (1765 - 1844) Historic Buildings and Monuments in Carlisle
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MONUMENT TO PETER NICHOLSON, NORTH WEST OF CEMETERY CHAPEL - Carlisle - List Entry
- Monument to Peter Nicholson. 1855-6 for the subscribers, by Robert William Billings, illustrator and architect (1813-74). Calciferous sandstone ashlar. Tall triangular shaft on stepped chamfered plinth with cornice, coved on …
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Design for a monument to the memory of Peter Nicholson, Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle
- ....Architect and author Peter Nicholson died in Carlisle in 1844 and was buried in Christ Church graveyard. In 1855 this print of the design for a memorial to him by …
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Peter Nicholson (1765 - 1844)
- Architect, mathematician, engineer and author. Born in 1765 in Prestonkirk, East Lothian Worked as an architect in Glasgow from 1800 Became Surveyor to the county of Cumberland in 1808, based …

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List number: 1218406
List grade: 2
Unitary Auth: Cumberland
County: Cumbria
Grid ref: NY3911354377

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