Monument to Captain John Gravill in General Cemetery
MONUMENT TO CAPTAIN JOHN GRAVILL IN GENERAL CEMETERY, SPRING BANK WEST
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1389312
- Date first listed:
- 03-Aug-2001
- List Entry Name:
- Monument to Captain John Gravill in General Cemetery
- Statutory Address:
- MONUMENT TO CAPTAIN JOHN GRAVILL IN GENERAL CEMETERY, SPRING BANK WEST
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1389312
- Date first listed:
- 03-Aug-2001
- List Entry Name:
- Monument to Captain John Gravill in General Cemetery
- Statutory Address 1:
- MONUMENT TO CAPTAIN JOHN GRAVILL IN GENERAL CEMETERY, SPRING BANK WEST
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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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- MONUMENT TO CAPTAIN JOHN GRAVILL IN GENERAL CEMETERY, SPRING BANK WEST
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Kingston upon Hull (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TA 08101 29693
Details
680-1/0/10060
03-AUG-01
SPRING BANK WEST
Monument to Captain John Gravill, General Cemetery
GII
Tomb.1865.Erected by public subscription to the memory of Captain John Gravill who died aboard the Steam Whaler 'Diana' which was frozen in the ice of the Davis Straits. White marble.Enclosed grave surrounded by low marble walls.At the head a square monument with stepped and moulded base. Main front has long inscription,with above a moulded cap with oval carved relief showing his ship stuck in the ice.Above again the tomb is topped with a partially draped urn.A rare example of a tomb dedicated specifically to a captain of the whaling industry,once a very important part of the industrial development of Hull.
Listing NGR: TA0810129693
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 487954
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
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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