Survey Data
Reg No
41402511
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Grave monument
In Use As
Grave monument
Date
1890 - 1910
Coordinates
285221, 313572
Date Recorded
01/05/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Two free-standing polished granite monuments, erected c.1930, to graves in graveyard to front (south) of former Broomfield Presbyterian Church. One rectangular-plan black granite obelisk, dated 1893, and one round-plan red granite monument, dated 1905, each with urn to top and carved inscriptions to shaft commemorating multiple former church members. Limestone bases, with limestone kerbing to graves
Appraisal
These monuments have a striking presence in the graveyard to the front of the former Presbyterian church. They are physical reminders of the congregation and former life of the church. Well designed and executed, they show skilled stone-cutting and carving techniques. Urns were often used as funerary motifs, and a similar form of urn atop a column can also be seen in the Dawson Memorial near Dartrey House.