Monument to Mary Ann Sergison
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Location
| Street: | Church Platt |
| Town: | Cuckfield |
| Parish: | Cuckfield |
| Council: | Mid Sussex District Council |
| County: | West Sussex |
| Postcode: | RH17 |
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| Object setting: | Inside building |
| and in: | Religious |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | Over the north door, Parish Church of Holy Trinity |
| In the AZ book: | West Sussex |
| Page: | 71 |
| Grid reference: | N4 |
| The A-Z books used are A-Z East Sussex and A-Z West Sussex (Editions 1A 2005). Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd. Sevenoaks. | |
| OS Reference: | TQ303245 |
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Makers
| Name : | Sir Richard Westmacott |
| Role: | Sculptor |
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General Information
| Construction period: | 1804 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Parish Church of Holy Trinity. Cuckfield. |
| Description: | A canopied memorial affixed above the north doorway. Underneath the canopy is a relief sculpture of a female in Greek style dress leaning over an urn. She stands on a projecting rectangular base, supported by two foliar styled blocks, that has an inscription carved into the front. |
| Signatures: | Inscribed letters underneath the rectangular base:
WESTMACOTT. A.R.A. SCULPTOR. |
| Inscription: | NEAR THIS PLACE ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF MARY ANN SERGISON WIFE OF WARDEN SERGISON ESQR. OF BUTLERS GREEN IN THIS PARISH. LT. COLL. IN HIS MAJESTYS ROYAL REGT. OF HORSE GUARDS. AND ELDEST DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM KERR ESQR. OF NORTHANPTON, M.D. SHE DIED SEPR. 11TH. 1804 IN THE 37TH. YEAR OF HER AGE. O THOU, BEYOND WHAT VERSE OR SPEECH CAN TELL MY GUIDE, MY FRIEND, MY BEST BELOV'D, FAREWELL. |
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Classification
| Categories: | Sculptural, Funerary, Commemorative |
| Object type1: | Relief |
| Object type2: | Sculpture |
| Subject type1: | Figurative |
| Subject subtype1: | Standing |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Whole structure |
| Material: | White marble |
| Height (cm): | 178 |
| Width (cm): | 90 |
| Depth (cm): | 15 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 07/01/2008 |
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History
| History: | EPITAPH:
BEING PART OF AN INSCRIPTION FOR A MONUMENT, To be creeled by a Gentleman to the Memory of his Lady. FAREWELL, my best beloved; whose heavenly mind Genius with virtue, strength with softness joined; Devotion, undebased by pride or art, With meek simplicity, and joy of heart; Though sprightly, gentle; though polite, sincere; And only of thyself a judge severe; Unblamed, unequalled in each sphere of life, The tenderest Daughter, Sister, Parent, Wife. In thee their Patroness the afflicted lost; Thy friends, their pattern, ornament, and boast; And I - but ah, can words my loss declare, Or paint the extremes of transport and despair! O Thou, beyond what verse or speech can tell, My guide, my friend, my best beloved, farewell! (James Beattie) Mary Anne Kerr married Colonel Warden Sergison, of Cuckfield Park, in 1802. She died childless on 10th Sept 1804. He died on 9th July 1811. |
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References
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Photographs
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons | |
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