Description

WEYMOUTH

SY6677NW PORTLAND ROAD, Wyke Regis
873-1/29/646 (West side)
Lewis, Mitchell and a third monument
approx 20m north of Church of All
Saints

GV II

Group of 3 headstones. C18 and C19. Portland stone. (i) To
William Lewis, died 21 April 1822. The stone has a shaped head
with scrolls in squared outline, above a sunk panel to
segmental head carved with 2 sailing ships, in low relief. The
inscription below includes: 'Sacred to the Memory of William
Lewis who was killed by a shot from the Pigmy schooner 21st
April 1822 aged 22 years'. The stone is leaning badly; (ii)
approx 2m W of the preceding, to ..... Mitchell, d.17. The
segmental curved top is flanked by small rosette scrolls, with
a mason's square and dividers carved in relief at the centre.
There were fine inscriptions, now much worn. Immediately N of
this is; (iii) A stone with segmental top flanked by square
haunches, above bold relief carving of palm fronds flanked by
a mason's square and a sextant or similar instrument. A fine
but worn inscription, no name or date legible.

Listing NGR: SY6621477824

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26389020

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Recommended Books

• 
  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)