Francis Skidmore's headstone

1896

London Road Cemetery, Coventry

Francis Skidmore was the great metalworker associated with George Gilbert Scott and other important architects and designers. It is moving to see this appropriately fashioned but very crooked headstone.

  • Francis Skidmore (short biography)

    • Photograph by Laurence Cooke, caption by Simon Cooke, commentary and formatting by Jacqueline Banerjee.

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