The Antiquities of England and Wales - THE PRIORY OF TYNHAM, OR CHRIST CHURCH, HAMPSHIRE (Plates I and II)

GROSE, Francis (1731-1791)

Published by Hooper et alia circa 1773 - 1787, London, 1784

About this Item

Copper plate prints published and May, 1784. Plate I engraved by D. L. measures 11.25cm x 16.5cm(not including plate mark); plate II is engraved by Sparrow and measures 12cm x 16.5 (not including plate mark)- over all with text 23cm x 33cm.Bboth prepared for for Grose's Antiquities of England and Wales from a views drawn by Grose in 1776. Notes: Christchurch Priory is an ecclesiastical parish and former priory church in Christchurch in the English county of Dorset (formerly in Hampshire). It is one of the longest parish churches in the country and is larger than 21 English Anglican Cathedrals. In 1788 Gustavus Brander gave the priory a pipe organ, which was installed on the quire screen. It was removed in 1848. In 1819 lath and plaster vaulting was installed in the nave, but a year later the vaulting of the south transept was found to be unsafe and had to be dismantled. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries extensive repairs were carried out, which included the insertion of tie-rods in the tower and the underpinning of the nave and south choir aisle walls in 1906. In 1912 a new floor was laid in the nave consisting of 6" of concrete, an inch of fine cement and wooden blocks on top. A monument to the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and his wife Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, created by the sculptor Henry Weekes, was erected in the Priory church by the poet's son in 1854, thirty-two years after his father's death. This monument was first offered to St Peter's Church, six miles away in Bournemouth, where Mary Shelley and other family members are buried. However, it was declined because of its size and possibly due to the unspoken disapproval of Shelley's reputation by the incumbent and churchwardens.The War Memorial Chapel was dedicated in 1922. Electric lighting was installed in June 1934. [For all of our prints by Francis Grose enter PRBGROSE in Key words] [QP]. Seller Inventory # 010093

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Antiquities of England and Wales - THE ...

Publisher: Hooper et alia circa 1773 - 1787, London

Publication Date: 1784

Binding: No Binding

Illustrator: GROSE, Francis engraved by D. L. and Sparrow

Condition: Very Good