Listed Building record MDO15413 - Altar Tomb of Lewis Tregonwell, St Peter's Church, Bournemouth

White marble altar tomb on terrace beside churchyard steps erected circa 1853 by Percy Bysshe Shelley's son to contain the poet's heart and the bodied of his parents-in-law, William and Mary Godwin, brought here from St Pancras Churchyard (London), and of his wife, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (died 1851). Next to it, Gothic stone altar tomb of Mrs Maria Campbell (died 1860): pink marble colonnettes at corners, dog-tooth round inscription panel, foliage carving at ends and under eaves. Just below, the gravestones of several vicars, including the first, Alexander Morden Bennett (died 1880): crosses at head and foot, one with roundel of chalice. On next higher 'landing' of steps the Perpendicular style panelled altar tomb of Bournemouth's founder, Lewis Tregonwell, erected 1846.

GREENBACK List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Scheduling record). SDO19706.

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Aug 29 2024 4:06PM