Bishopwearmouth Cemetery, Chester Road, Vaux tomb

HER Number

7126

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Bishopwearmouth Cemetery, Chester Road, Vaux tomb

Place

Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Grave Marker

Site Type: Specific

Gravestone

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Urn and column headstone. C1879 by Roseberry to Isabella Duncan Vaux, died 1879, and other members of the Vaux family. Ashlar limestone, possibly marble. Stepped base to corniced plinth and tall tapered square column with low relief roses carved on east face above principal inscription. Urn finial. The Vaux family were prominent local brewers. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

437400

Northing

556100

Grid Reference

NZ437400556100

Sources

Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 920-1/4/35