Laura Janet Monument Approximately 30 Metres North Of Church Of St Cuthbert

LYTHAM ST ANNES

SD32NE CHURCH ROAD, Lytham 621-1/3/41 (North side) "Laura Janet" monument approx. 30 metres north of Church of St Cuthbert

GV II

Monument to crew of St Annes lifeboat. Late C19. Commemorates 7 members of the crew of the lifeboat "Laura Janet" who perished while attempting to rescue the crew of the German barque "Mexico" during a storm on the night of 9 December 1886. Red sandstone. Gothic style, in the form of a pinnacled tabernacle approx. 4 metres high; mounted on a square platform of 2 low steps, with a stepped plinth, cross-gabled blind tabernacle with cusped arches and steep gablets, surmounted by a short arcaded shaft with crocketed pinnacle. The arch on the east side contains carving depicting the crew rowing the boat through heavy sea, below which is a memorial inscription including a list of their names; the other arches contain various inscriptions. See also the lifeboat monument at South Promenade, St Annes. Forms group with church of St Cuthbert (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SD3570327257