COPLESTONE MEMORIAL OVERLEIGH NEW CEMETERY
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1350324
- Date first listed:
- 05-Aug-2002
- Statutory Address:
- COPLESTONE MEMORIAL OVERLEIGH NEW CEMETERY
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- COPLESTONE MEMORIAL OVERLEIGH NEW CEMETERY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 40349 65082
Details
1932-1/0/10007 HANDBRIDGE
05-AUG-02 Coplestone Memorial, Overleigh New Cem
etery
II*
Memorial to Frederick Coplestone. Headstone of Portland stone, 1934, by Eric Gill. Arched upper section with high relief carving of St Francis and the birds; plain raised border. Lower section with inscription panel, with shield, set between pilasters; raised base.
HISTORY: this memorial commemorates Frederick Coplestone CBE, JP (d.1932), a newspaper proprietor, and his son, the submariner Lieutenant-Commander Frederick Lewis Coplestone RN (d. 1914), and his son-in-law Commander A.F. Coplestone-Boughey RN (d.1916 at Jutland). It is a notable work of Eric Gill, displaying his distinctive sculptural style; Gill was a Catholic, and the Franciscan imagery is in keeping with his intense religious views. Fine cemetery monuments of this period are few indeed: this is an outstanding memorial, by the foremost carver of his day.
SOURCES: Chester Chronicle, 15th December 1934; David Peace, 'Eric Gill: The Inscriptions' (1994), 143.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 490134
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Peace, D, Eric Gill: The Inscriptions, (1994), 143
'Chester Chronicle' in 15 December, (1934)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing
