Tomb Of Eve Hammersley In St Johns Churchyard Extension

The Tomb of Eve Hammersley, located in the extension of St John's Churchyard, is an open-sided shrine built in 1903 by Harry Furse. It is made of limestone and features bronze figures. The rectangular shrine is adorned with Ionic pilasters at each corner, which flank round-arched openings that have architraved heads and foliated keystones, supported by carved console brackets. Above, there is an entablature with a projecting cornice. The shrine is elevated on a rectangular plinth that has a moulded base and cornice, and it includes a carved relief wreath inscribed in the center. A larger-than-life bronze sculpture of a winged angel cradling and kissing a young sleeping girl is a prominent feature, signed by Furse in 1903. Eve Hammersley, who passed away in 1902, was the young daughter of an artistic and literary family that resided at Admiral's House.