The Alexander MacKenzie Monument in the Glasgow Necropolis
The derelict MacKenzie monument, Glasgow Necropolis. Both were built using the same patterns.The Monument After RestorationThe MacKenzie monument’s granite inscription panel.The Sun Foundry in Kennedy Street, Glasgow, as illustrated in the foundry’s trade catalogues. Built in 1870, the foundry buildings were demolished piecemeal until disappearing completely, c. 2002.Grand Fountain, PaisleyDrinking Fountain, Alexandra Park, Glasgow, c. 1870s-90sBridgeton Cross Shelter, Glasgow, 1875Advert in The Builder architectural periodical promoting George Smith & Co.’s cast iron products, including their recently introduced range of cemetery monuments, in 1863.MacKirdy Mausoleum Door, Glasgow Necropolis, 1891Margaret Watson Monument, Valley Cemetery, Stirling, c. 1870sRobert Millar Monument, Western Cemetery, Dundee, c. 1870sSun Foundry: Mary Moffat Livingstone Monument, Chupanga, Mozambique, 1867. (Image courtesy of Soccerman321: File: Mary Moffat Gravestone. JPG – Wikimedia Commons)The Margaret Campbell Monument, Larbert Old Church Burial Ground, Larbert, c. 1867Archive image of the John Baildon Monument of c. 1870s, in Gliwice, Poland.The Baildon monument after its recent reconstructionDetail of the MacKenzie monument in the Necropolis for stylistic comparisonA Sun Foundry angel in LarbertThe now lost Forrest monument, Sighthill Cemetery, Glasgow, c. 1875The MacKenzie monument in the Glasgow Necropolis. Both were made by the Sun Foundry in the 1870s, the Forrest monument being a double, inter-linked version of MacKenzie monumentDetail of the columned arcade on the Forrest Monument, Sighthill Cemetery (demolished)Detail of the arcade on the newly restored MacKenzie Monument, Glasgow Necropolis. Only one of four sections of arcading were reproduced for this and in a slightly different configurationThe Anne Lockhart monument, 1845The Margaret Montgomerie monument, 1847Hamish Inglis monument, c. 1883.The Rev. William Black monument with its now lost canopyThe row in Upsilon in which the MacKenzie monument stands close to another Gothic towerNear neighbour of the MacKenzie monument, the Dunlop monument, which is itself in need of restorationThe Mackenzie monument before restorationThe MacKenzie monument before restorationOne of the monument’s rusted angelsThe monument’s broken fragments on the groundThe Sun Foundry’s makers’ mark on the monument’s metal baseThe stone base of the MacKenzie monument (right) after the rest of the monument was removed for restoration in 2018. The base itself would be cleaned for the monument’s reinstatement in 2025.The MacKenzie Monument under restoration in Coatbridge. Image courtesy of Gordon R. UrquhartThe MacKenzie Monument under restoration in Coatbridge. Image courtesy of Gordon R. UrquhartThe MacKenzie Monument under restoration in Coatbridge. Image courtesy of Gordon R. UrquhartThe MacKenzie Monument under restoration in Coatbridge. Image courtesy of Gordon R. UrquhartThe MacKenzie Monument under restoration in Coatbridge. Image courtesy of Gordon R. UrquhartThe MacKenzie Monument under restoration in Coatbridge. Image courtesy of Gordon R. UrquhartDetails of the MacKenzie monument after its restoration in 2018-25Details of the MacKenzie monument after its restoration in 2018-25Details of the MacKenzie monument after its restoration in 2018-25Detail showing traces of white paint on the MacKenzie monumentThe same detail restored and painted red
