Monument to Grace Darling c. 30 Yards W of Church of St Aidan Bamburgh, England
Listed Building Data
Monument to Grace Darling c. 30 Yards W of Church of St Aidan has been designated a Grade II* listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1206625
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II*
- Date Listed
- 22 December 1969
- Name
- MONUMENT TO GRACE DARLING CIRCA 30 YARDS WEST OF CHURCH OF ST AIDAN
- Location
- MONUMENT TO GRACE DARLING CIRCA 30 YARDS WEST OF CHURCH OF ST AIDAN, CHURCH STREET
- Parish
- Bamburgh
- District
- Northumberland
- Grid Reference
- NU1778934961
- Easting
- 417788.7712
- Northing
- 634960.1958
Listed Building Description
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BAMBURGH
1404/17/34 CHURCH STREET 24-OCT-02 (North side) MONUMENT TO GRACE DARLING CIRCA 30 YAR DS WEST OF CHURCH OF ST AIDAN
GV II*
Churchyard memorial. 1842. Designed by Anthony Salvin. The tomb was repaired in 1885 by Frederick Wilson, when a new effigy was carved by C R Smith in Portland stone. (The original which is now in the church). 1894 the canopy rebuilt to the designs of W S Hicks 1894 after the original was damaged in a gale. Ashlar and bronze, iron railings. Gothic Revival style. Rectangular base bearing life-size effigy. Canopy on 8 bronze spiral colonettes with open leafy capitals. Stone trefoiled arches with leafy spandrels; bronze cresting with quatrefoils. Surrounded by railings with spear-head finials. Grace Darling became a national heroine following the wreck of the steamship Forfarshire on the Farne Islands in September 1838 when she and her father, the keeper of the Longstone Lighthouse (q.v.) rowed out and rescued 9 survivors.
Listing NGR: NU17789534961
