Memorial to Henry Davis Pochin (d.1895)
Henry Davis Pochin (1824 - 1895)
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
1883
Materials
Marble, limestone, alabaster, paint
Measurements
1250 x 790 mm
Order this imageCollection
Bodnant Garden, Conwy
NT 93323.10
Summary
Memorial to Henry Davis Pochin (d.1895). One of twenty arch-topped niches set into the walls of The Poem. This one inscribed: "In Loving Memory of Henry Davis Pochin"
Marks and inscriptions
Front: In Loving Memory of Henry Davis Pochin Justice of the Peace For the counties of Lancaster, Denbigh and Flint Deputy Lieutenant of this county and High Sheriff 1887 Mayor of Salford 1866 and 1867 Member of Parliament for the Borough of Stafford 1868 Who died at Bodnant on October 28th 1895, in the 72nd Year of his ace. and was laid to rest beneath this spot by his sorrowing family and friends. ----<o>---- Sleep sweetly, tender heart in peace; Sleep, Holy Spirit, Blessed Soul, While the stars burn, the moon increase, and the great ages onward roll - Sleep to the end, true soul and sweet. Tennyson
Makers and roles
Henry Davis Pochin (1824 - 1895), designer