The Eliza Adams Lifeboat Memorial

Memorial to the crew of the Eliza Adams lifeboat, unveiled in 1906.

MATERIALS: ashlared stone.

PLAN: the memorial is located at the south end of Beach Road on the west side.

EXTERIOR: the memorial is in the form of a broken column with a chain, anchor and lifebuoy carved in stone. The column rests on a hexagonal plinth which is supported by a two-stepped chamfered base. The side of the upper step that faces the harbour is inscribed with the words: IN MEMORY OF ELEVEN OF/ THE CREW OF THE LIFEBOAT/ ‘ELIZA ADAMS’/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES ON DUTY/ IN THE DISASTER AT WELLS/ OCTOBER 29TH 1880. Each face of the plinth has a shouldered arch panel with the following words in raised lettering: Robert William Elsdon Coxswain/ John Elsdon. Samuel Smith. Charles Smith. Frank Abel/ Charles Hinds/ William Green. John Stacey/ William Wordingham/ George Jay/ William Fich. Survivors/ Thomas Kew/ William Bell.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: the monument rests on a hexagonal base faced in modern red brick with concrete blocks at each corner in which are set the main, twisted verticals of iron railings. The other plain square section verticals have arrow-head finials stamped with an anchor.