York Cemetery Plot Number 17945 Hessay Monument is a Grade II listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1997. Monument.

York Cemetery Plot Number 17945 Hessay Monument

WRENN ID: waning-ledge-cobweb
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: York
Country: England
Date first listed: 14 March 1997
Type: Monument
Source: Historic England listing

Description

YORK

SE65SW CEMETERY ROAD 1112-1/2/155 (East side (off)) York Cemetery: Plot No.17945: Hessay Monument

GV II

Cadaver tomb. For Charles Ellis Hessey, d.1874; probably carved by his brother, Mark Hessey. Portland stone. Slab approximately 2.0 metres long supporting a carved recumbent figure covered with a draped shroud through which the facial features and feet of the deceased are visible. At the head, a group of three watching angels on one side was originally balanced by a matching group, now lost, on the other side. The name of the deceased is carved along one side of the base, his date of death on the other. (Newsletter: Murray H: The Most Unusual Monument in York Cemetery: York: 1989-).

Listing NGR: SE6125250890

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