Lady Mary Montgomerie Monument at Beauport Park, Hastings

A memorial monument of around 1855, to Lady Mary Montgomerie.

MATERIALS: ashlar stone and render with some repairs in block work and brick.

DESCRIPTION: the monument is circular and neoclassical in design. It has a drum-like base of ashlar walling, which is around 2.5m high and is topped by a coping course (missing in places). The entrance opening is round-headed and has a C20 wrought-iron gate. Opposite and within the drum, there is a blocked up entrance to the vault. The drum has stone steps which rise around the inside to a tempietto arrangement of six Ionic columns supporting a classical entablature with an inscription 'A TRIBUTE OF AFFECTION AND GRATITUDE TO LADY MARY MONTGOMERIE 1855 ' in the frieze and dentil cornice topped by a dome. Located under the dome is a later, life-sized sculpture of a young woman on a circular concrete base*.

• Pursuant to s1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’) it is declared that these aforementioned features are not of special architectural or historic interest. However any works which have the potential to affect the character of the listed building as a building of special architectural or historic interest may still require listed building consent and this is a matter for the LPA to determine.