Wilsons Monument, Ulverston Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1996. Monument.

Wilsons Monument, Ulverston Cemetery

WRENN ID: crooked-thatch-dale
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Westmorland and Furness
Country: England
Date first listed: 19 April 1996
Type: Monument
Source: Historic England listing

Description

ULVERSTON

SD27NE PRIORY ROAD 626-1/1/104 (West side) Wilson's Monument, Ulverston Cemetery

Monument. c1900. Stonemasons said to be Affleck's of Ulverston. Marble. Built as a scale replica of a lighthouse, with carved rocks and waves around the base, and with the tapered shaft incised to represent ashlar blocks, a doorway, and window openings. A glass lantern (originally enclosing a gas jet) is surrounded by 4 shafts which carry a drum and openwork cap with ball-and-spike finial. The base is carved with an anchor and chain, and has inscriptions (some in verse) which include: 'Thomas Watkins Wilson MD', who 'Fell asleep at 20 minutes to 7 on Friday evening January 15th 1897...', and 'Every year for 15 years we were wont to spend some months at Conishead Priory'.

Listing NGR: SD2914877007

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