Pauline Payne Whitney Paget Memorial in St Marys Churchyard

PAULINE PAYNE WHITNEY PAGET MEMORIAL IN ST MARYS CHURCHYARD, ST MARYS LANE

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1268725
Date first listed:
09-Sept-1996
List Entry Name:
Pauline Payne Whitney Paget Memorial in St Marys Churchyard
Statutory Address:
PAULINE PAYNE WHITNEY PAGET MEMORIAL IN ST MARYS CHURCHYARD, ST MARYS LANE
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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1268725
Date first listed:
09-Sept-1996
List Entry Name:
Pauline Payne Whitney Paget Memorial in St Marys Churchyard
Statutory Address 1:
PAULINE PAYNE WHITNEY PAGET MEMORIAL IN ST MARYS CHURCHYARD, ST MARYS LANE

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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:
PAULINE PAYNE WHITNEY PAGET MEMORIAL IN ST MARYS CHURCHYARD, ST MARYS LANE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Hertfordshire
District:
East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
Parish:
Hertford
National Grid Reference:
TL3097111950

Details

HERTFORD

TL3011NE ST MARY'S LANE, Hertingfordbury
817-1/24/343 (South side)
Pauline Payne Whitney Paget Memorial
in St Mary's Churchyard

GV II

Memorial. c1920, to Pauline Payne Whitney Paget. Portland
stone, with red brick stone coped dwarf surrounding walls.
Sculpture of Virgin Mary and Child, with the infant St John,
below a canopy supported by 2 Tuscan Doric columns in antis,
frieze inscribed 'Pro patria', cornice hood with moulded
brackets. Curved screens with Tuscan antae, frieze and coping,
with wrought-iron screen with roundel. Plinth of sculpture
inscribed 'To the memory of Almeric Hugh Paget, first Baron
Queenborough, 1861-1949'. Stepped forecourt to memorial
defined with brick dwarf walls. Inset stone tablets records
'Pauline Payne Whitney Paget, daughter of William Collins
Whitney sometime secretary of the US Navy, 1874-1916', and
that 'Almeric Hugh Paget placed the memorial in memory of
Pauline Paget Whitney'. Inset into the limestone slab in front
of the sculpture are lead figures of soldiers and sailors from
the First World War, with the inscription 'PAVLINE' in Roman
capitals.
HISTORICAL NOTE: the artist of this important memorial has not
been traced. It is evident that Pauline Payne Whitney Paget
died as a result of her wartime voluntary work. Her daughter,
Dorothy Paget became famous as a racehorse owner and is buried
nearby. The memorial is situated in the extreme south-east
corner of the churchyard.




Listing NGR: TL3097111950

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461524
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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

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