Gravestone to George Romney Approximately 12 Metres South of Church of St Mary
GRAVESTONE TO GEORGE ROMNEY APPROXIMATELY 12 METRES SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1209782
- Date first listed:
- 06-May-1976
- List Entry Name:
- Gravestone to George Romney Approximately 12 Metres South of Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address:
- GRAVESTONE TO GEORGE ROMNEY APPROXIMATELY 12 METRES SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1209782
- Date first listed:
- 06-May-1976
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 20-Dec-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Gravestone to George Romney Approximately 12 Metres South of Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address 1:
- GRAVESTONE TO GEORGE ROMNEY APPROXIMATELY 12 METRES SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH STREET
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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- GRAVESTONE TO GEORGE ROMNEY APPROXIMATELY 12 METRES SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Westmorland and Furness (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Dalton Town with Newton
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 22597 73874
Details
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
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 388430
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Waterhouse, E, Dictionary of British C18 Painters in Oils and Crayons, (1981), 317-8
Walton, J E, Dalton in Furness in Old Picture Postcards, (1983), 42
Ayre, , North Lonsdale Magazine in Ulverston, (1896), 59
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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