Abbey Cemetery Partis Tomb

RALPH ALLEN DRIVE 656-1/0/0 Abbey Cemetery Partis Tomb

GV II*

Tomb of Ann Partis (d.1846). Neo-classical two-stage memorial. White marble, Pennant base. A Roman altar-like design with Soanian anthemion finials to corners of upper stage. Crossed palm reliefs to lower stages. Marble inscription (weathered) records her notable deeds of charity: `Blessed with wealth her constant care was to use it to the glory of God and the benefit, temporal and eternal, of her fellow creatures. With the entire approval of her husband who left all his property at her sole disposal: she built and endowed a college, which bears his name, at Weston¿ for the repose, the relief, and the spiritual consolation of thirty gentlewomen, reduced by widowhood or orphanage from affluence to privations and distress¿. HISTORY: The foundress of Partis College [q.v.] of 1825-27, she lived at 58 Pulteney Street. A prominent monument to one of the leading Bath philanthropists.

Listing NGR: ST758635