A few miles to the south of Shrewsbury is the village of Condover. Adjacent to nearby Condover Hall (not open to the public) is the parish church of St. Mary & St. Andrew which contains some very interesting funerary monuments to members of the local dignitaries, the Cholmondeley family and the Owen family. The statue of Sir Thomas Cholmondeley (pronounced "Chumley") is by non other than the eminent Victorian artist and sculptor George Frederic Watts who, being allergic to plaster, did not produce a great deal of this work, and is best remembered for his other works of art. There is also another monument in the church by Roubiliac, a more famous sculptor. In the afternoon I visited Wightwick Manor near Wolverhampton to see some more of the work of G.F.Watts, this time his paintings and sketches, for which he is more famous.
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