Ethel Preston memorial
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The Ethel Preston memorial, also known as Ethel at the Gate,[1] is a grade II listed grave monument from 1913 in Lawnswood Cemetery, Leeds, England.
The memorial marks the graves of husband and wife Ethel and Walter Preston.[2] The principal feature is a life-sized statue of Ethel, holding a bouquet and wearing the costume of a choir that she sang in.[3][2] Ethel stands within a classical-style porch rendered in white Italian marble, reputedly modelled after the portico of the Prestons' house (now demolished), the Grange in Beeston.[2][4] The roof of the porch is supported on four composite order columns. To the rear of the statue is a depiction of an entrance-way with black marble panelled doors, shown slightly ajar. The roof is formed of an entablature with a cornice detail above and a balustraded parapet on the top.[2]
The memorial has two inscriptions; the first is to Ethel noting that she died 24 March 1911 at the age of 50, and that she was married to Walter and lived at The Grange. The second inscription is to Walter and notes that he died on 24 October 1930 and had been married to Ethel and then to an Emily.[2]