Recent monument restoration projects
As part of Abney Park Trust’s charitable objectives to conserve and restore Abney Park Cemetery as an area of architectural and ecological significance, we have embarked on a programme of monument restoration.
Read the stories below to find out what we have been recently working on.
Abney Park Trust is pleased to announce that the works to restore the lid of the slate sarcophagus for William Williams, near the Church St entrance, have now been completed by Orbis Conservation.
Abney Park Trust are extremely pleased to announce the completion of the professional clean of the majestic grey granite Irish Celtic Cross of brothers Andrew Holmes Reed and Talbot Baines Reed that stands near the Church Street entrance at Abney House Corner.
Abney Park Trust has cleaned the Grade II listed memorial and had it restored to its former glory thanks to a four-figure donation from TimeLine, a learning project charity.
Read about the restoration of the War Memorial to its pristine condition after it was damaged by successive chalkings.
Restoration work in Abney Park Cemetery is finally complete on the well-loved monument to Issac Watts, one of Stoke Newington’s most notable former residents.
Please continue to support our monument restoration programme
Abney Park’s Listed Monuments
Samuel Robinson 1751 - 1833
An architect and surveyor, and founder of the Retreat Almshouses for the widows of dissenting ministers in Hackney. A white stone chest built in late gothic style, with detailed tracery patterning designed by Robinson.
John Swan 1787 - 1869
An engineer and inventor. The originator of the steamship's screw propellor (1824) and the self acting chain messenger (1831). He never patented his inventions, but allowed his superiors to publish them under their names. A draped and wreathed urn standing on a white stone pedestal.