Sunday, 29 June 2025

Three Henry Cheere Monuments at Winchester Catherdral, Old Alresford Hants and Fifehead Magdalen, Dorset.

 


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These three remarkable monuments by Henry Cheere each deserve a post of their own but to save time I will post them here.

All three monuments are notable for the fine quality of the carving, the excellence of the design and the use of the rare and expensive veneers of Sicilian Jaspar and Brocatella marbles.


The Monument to Dean Thomas Cheyne (d.1761) in Winchester Cathedral,

and the monument to Jane First Lady Rodney (d. 1757) at Old Alresford, Hants.

and the Newman Family Monument in the Newman Chapel at Fifehead Magdalen, North Dorset.