The pulpit commemorates the men of Bonchurch who died in
the 1914-1918 war.
The
foundation stone of the New Church - 'St Boniface Parish Church' - was laid
in June 1847 by the Reverend William Adams and building was completed 18 months
later at a cost of £3,000. It was designed in the Norman or Romanesque
style by Benjamin Ferrey, intended no doubt to reproduce the Old Church on a
larger scale. The South transept was added in 1873. The photograph opposite
shows the church as it is today.
There
is much beautiful stained glass, the east triplet and bulls-eye being by Wailes
and presented in part by the Swinburnes, a notable local family, while that
in the the north transept, showing the apostles was presented by the Rev. W.
Sewell DD. Sergeant Adams, father of William, presented the fine old chair by
the altar which had been given to his son at Merton College, Oxford, and also
the font (below) in memory of his son.
There are six Swinburne Graves in the churchyard,
including
that of Algernon Charles, the famous poet, who was the son of Admiral and Lady
Jane.