Monument To Captain John Gravill In General Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Kingston upon Hull, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 2001. Tomb.
Monument To Captain John Gravill In General Cemetery
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 2001
- Type
- Tomb
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
680-1/0/10060 03-AUG-01
SPRING BANK WEST Monument to Captain John Gravill, General Cemetery
GII
Tomb.1865.Erected by public subscription to the memory of Captain John Gravill who died aboard the Steam Whaler 'Diana' which was frozen in the ice of the Davis Straits. White marble.Enclosed grave surrounded by low marble walls.At the head a square monument with stepped and moulded base. Main front has long inscription,with above a moulded cap with oval carved relief showing his ship stuck in the ice.Above again the tomb is topped with a partially draped urn.A rare example of a tomb dedicated specifically to a captain of the whaling industry,once a very important part of the industrial development of Hull.
Listing NGR: TA0810129693
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