Captain Lewis Tregonwell (1758–1832), the Founder of Bournemouth, and Christopher Crabb Creeke (1820–1886), the Town's Architect
Captain Lewis Tregonwell (1758–1832), the Founder of Bournemouth, and Christopher Crabb Creeke (1820–1886), the Town's Architect
Captain Lewis Tregonwell (1758–1832), the Founder of Bournemouth, and Christopher Crabb Creeke (1820–1886), the Town's Architect
Captain Lewis Tregonwell (1758–1832), the Founder of Bournemouth, and Christopher Crabb Creeke (1820–1886), the Town's Architect
Captain Lewis Tregonwell (1758–1832), the Founder of Bournemouth, and Christopher Crabb Creeke (1820–1886), the Town's Architect
Captain Lewis Tregonwell (1758–1832), the Founder of Bournemouth, and Christopher Crabb Creeke (1820–1886), the Town's Architect
Captain Lewis Tregonwell (1758–1832), the Founder of Bournemouth, and Christopher Crabb Creeke (1820–1886), the Town's Architect
Captain Lewis Tregonwell (1758–1832), the Founder of Bournemouth, and Christopher Crabb Creeke (1820–1886), the Town's Architect
Captain Lewis Tregonwell (1758–1832), the Founder of Bournemouth, and Christopher Crabb Creeke (1820–1886), the Town's Architect
Captain Lewis Tregonwell (1758–1832), the Founder of Bournemouth, and Christopher Crabb Creeke (1820–1886), the Town's Architect
Captain Lewis Tregonwell (1758–1832), the Founder of Bournemouth, and Christopher Crabb Creeke (1820–1886), the Town's Architect

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A humorous statue of the founder of Bournemouth, Captain Lewis Tregonwell, and Christopher Crabb Creeke the town’s architect. Creeke is shown sitting on a lavatory.
Title

Captain Lewis Tregonwell (1758–1832), the Founder of Bournemouth, and Christopher Crabb Creeke (1820–1886), the Town's Architect

Date

1999

Medium

stone

Accession number

BH2_CS_S007

Acquisition method

commissioned by the Mayor of Bournemouth

Work type

Statue

Owner

Bournemouth Borough Council

Custodian

Bournemouth Borough Council

Work status

extant

Access

at all times

Signature/marks description

J. SELLS

Inscription description

CAPTAIN LEWIS TREGONWELL / Dorset Rangers / founder of Bournemouth,1811 _________________________ C.C.CREEKE / first Town Surveyor & Inspector of Nuisances __________________________ The three local holders of the / VICTORIA CROSS / __________________________ Sculptor : Jonathan Sells of Corfe Castle __________________________ Presented together with the fountain / THE MAYOR &MAYORESS / OF BOURNEMOUTH / 1998 -1999

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