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

(72) CUCKFIELD, Holy Trinity


72C Mural monument for Francis WARDEN, d. 1785

-  North nave aisle, East of 72B, partly obscured by wooden ceiling.

-  180(W) x 330(H)~Generally good; fading; local losses to upper garlands.

-  M.I. on a white rectangular marble tablet within acanthus pilasters with rosette capitals and skulls as corbels; below, narrow base moulding; above, gadroon moulding and moulded cornice supporting a dark grey obelisk on 2 ball finials; on the obelisk, a white achievement with festoons and an urn.

-  Francis Warden, Esq., of Butler's Green, Cuckfield, magistrate, d. 1785, aet 84.