Gravestone To George Romney Approximately 12 Metres South Of Church Of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1976. Gravestone.
Gravestone To George Romney Approximately 12 Metres South Of Church Of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- western-chancel-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 May 1976
- Type
- Gravestone
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
BARROW IN FURNESS
SD2273 CHURCH STREET, Dalton In Furness 708-1/11/167 (South side (off)) 06/05/76 Gravestone to George Romney approximately 12 metres south of Church of St Mary (Formerly Listed as: CHURCH STREET, Dalton In Furness Gravestone of George Romney in churchyard to SE of church)
GV II
Graveslab on plinth. 1802, restored 1895 by Miles of Ulverston (Ayre). Slate slab on limestone plinth. Slab bears short Latin inscription to George Romney died 15.11.1802. Moulded plinth reads 'THIS MEMORIAL WAS RESTORED BY JOHN ORDE ROMNEY OF WHITESTOCK HALL IN THIS COUNTY IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1895'. George Romney was born nearby at Beckside on 15.12.1734 and became 3rd of the fashionable portrait painters in the time of Reynolds and Gainsborough. (Walton J E: Dalton in Furness in Old Picture Postcards: Netherlands: 1983-: PL 42; Waterhouse E: Dictionary of British C18 Painters in Oils and Crayons: 1981-: 317-318; Rev Canon Ayre: North Lonsdale Magazine: Ulverston: 1896-: 59).
Listing NGR: SD2259773874
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