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

(72) CUCKFIELD, Holy Trinity


72A Mural monument for Mary Ann SERGISON, d. 1804

-  High over North door.

-  90(W) x 180(H)~Very good; fading.

-  Against a tall unframed trapezoidal white baseplate, a female figure mourns over an urn on a pedestal; above, a shallow pointed pediment with a small escutcheon and palmettes flanking; below, a M.I. (engraved) tablet set landscape-wise with a moulded border, on 2 acanthus brackets; signed (on underside): 'WESTMACOTT A.R.A. SCULPTOR'.

-  Mary Ann Sergison, d. 11 Sep 1804, aet 36; eldest daughter of William Kerr, Esq., M.D., of Northampton; and wife of Warden Sergison, Esq., of Butlers Green, Cuckfield, Lt. Col. (Horse Guards).