Lady Jerningham Monument

Statue, erected in 1908, designed by Hubert Jerningham and Walter Ingram, sculpted by O P Penachini.

MATERIALS: white marble statue on a grey granite base.

DESCRIPTION: situated within the scheduled medieval and post-medieval fortifications at Berwick upon Tweed (National Heritage List for England: 1015968), in an elevated position above the River Tweed. A life-size statue comprising a seated female with two dogs set upon a tapering rusticated base. The woman is resting on a rock. She wears simplified Edwardian dress and has a single rose pinned to her chest. There are two dogs at her side, the largest looking up at her with its paw resting on her knee, and the smallest at her side with her hand resting on its back.

The front face bears the inscription in black lead letters: ANNIE/LADY JERNINGHAM/OF LONGRIDGE TOWERS, BERWICK UPON TWEED/ OBIT 9 OCT. 1902/PRESENTED TO THE TOWN OF BERWICK UPON TWEED BY/ SIR HUBERT JERNINGHAM, K.C.M.G./LATE AND LAST MEMBER FOR THE BOROUGH. The north face has a metal panel with raised lettering reading: THIS MEMORIAL WAS OFFERED TO AND ACCEPTED BY /THE TOWN COUNCIL/OF BERWICK UPON TWEED. / 1903/ G.F. STEVEN, ESQ, MAYOR/ G WEATHERSTON ESQ, SHERIFF/ AND ERECTED /1908, FRANK EDMINSON ESQ MAYOR/ JAMES LESLIE ESQ SHERIFF. A metal panel on the south face reads: YET IN THESE EARS TILL HEARING DIES/ONE SLOW BELL WILL SEEM TO TOLL/THE PASSING OF THE SWEETEST SOUL/THAT EVER LOOKED WITH HUMAN EYES/TENNYSON: IN MEMORIAM. The rear of the statue base reads: DESIGNED BY HUBERT JERNINGHAM 1903/ SKETCHED BY WALTER INGRAM 1904/EXECUTED BY O. P. PENACHINI 1906.