Lady Jerningham of Longridge Hall (now Longridge Towers School), was a much loved philanthropist who died in 1902 at the age of 52. Her statue, sculpted in 1906 by O Pennacchini, is sited on Meg's Mount, high above the river Tweed in Berwick. As well as commemorating Lady Jerningham, the statue is an important townscape feature and symbolises the link between Longridge Towers and the town of Berwick.

In 1975 the statue featured in a TV broadcast of the programme 'Tomorrow's World', as it was vacuum-injected with silicon resin, the aim being to protect the marble from winter frosts and enable the practice of protecting it with tarpaulins and straw through the winter months to be discontinued. Unsurprisingly, this proved an illusory hope and the condition of the statue had deteriorated to the point where it required urgent attention. After inspecting and reporting on its condition, we supervised urgent specialist repairs to arrest further cracking of the marble that threatened to disfigure the noble lady and, following a period of fund raising, completed a comprehensive conservation project to preserve and enhance the monument.