Description

SE 10 NW WILSHAW ROAD
(Wilshaw)
4/55
Mausoleum of Mary
Beaumont 5 m to east
of Church of St. Mary
G.V.

II

Mausoleum to the memory of Mary Beaumont, only child of Joseph and
Eleanor Hirst of Wilshaw, who died June 9th 1859, aged 27 years.
A highly elaborate octagonal ashlar monument on a square moulded
plinth. Each side is round arched with squat, clustered, red
granite colonnettes. Four of the sides have marble and red granite
commemorative plaques one with long inscription detailing the many
virtues of Mary, one to Jospeh Hirst who died December 11th 1874, one
to Eleanor Hirst who died April 26th 1881, and one plain. In the
other four faces, in niches, are carved limestone figures of Joseph
and Eleanor Hirst and two angels. The top has four triangular
pediments in the tympanum of each being Joseph Hirst's Armorial
Bearings and motto "DEUS MEI FORTITUDO". The pediments have
foliage cresting and the whole is surmounted by large draped urn.

Listing NGR: SE1159309785

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26587573

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)