East Sussex Church Monuments - 1530 to 1830 - Archive of Photographs
by Professor Nigel Llewellyn

(40) BRIGHTON, St. Nicholas of Myra


40SS Mural monument for Frances Crosbie FAIRFIELD, d. 1830

-  North aisle wall, towards West end, at head height.

-  94(W) x 234(H)~Some local damage.

-  Above, a relief with a shallow curved top; set portrait-wise; an angel embracing the subject as she is borne aloft; then, a moulded cornice; below, an unframed tablet with M.I. (9 lines, engraved, biography, script. quote) between 2 pilasters each with a digger in relief; supported by 2 corbels; signed (under lower base moulding): 'R WESTMACOTT JNR WILTON PLACE LONDON'.

-  Frances Crosbie Fairfield, d. 28 Aug 1830, at Brighton; wife of Charles Fairfield, Esq.