FOUR MONUMENTS TO PHILLIPS FAMILY IN THE CHURCHYARD SOUTH OF TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST THOMAS

FOUR MONUMENTS TO PHILLIPS FAMILY IN THE CHURCHYARD SOUTH OF TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST THOMAS, MAIN STREET

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1089489
Date first listed:: 11-Jan-1985
List Entry Name:: FOUR MONUMENTS TO PHILLIPS FAMILY IN THE CHURCHYARD SOUTH OF TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST THOMAS
Statutory Address:: FOUR MONUMENTS TO PHILLIPS FAMILY IN THE CHURCHYARD SOUTH OF TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST THOMAS, MAIN STREET

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1089489
Date first listed:: 11-Jan-1985
List Entry Name:: FOUR MONUMENTS TO PHILLIPS FAMILY IN THE CHURCHYARD SOUTH OF TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST THOMAS
Statutory Address 1:: FOUR MONUMENTS TO PHILLIPS FAMILY IN THE CHURCHYARD SOUTH OF TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST THOMAS, MAIN STREET

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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:: FOUR MONUMENTS TO PHILLIPS FAMILY IN THE CHURCHYARD SOUTH OF TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST THOMAS, MAIN STREET

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Gloucestershire
District:: Cotswold (District Authority)
Parish:: Todenham
National Grid Reference:: SP 24305 36314

Details

TODENHAM MAIN STREET SP 23 NW (north side) 1/172 Four monuments to Phillips family in the churchyard south of tower of Church of St. Thomas GV II 2 chest tombs and 2 headstones. Late C18. Chest tombs: sandstone with siltstone inscription and end stones. Headstones: limestone. All 4 monuments within single cast iron railing. Two chest tombs flanking 2 headstones. Chest tomb to Richard Phillips on south, died 1770. Moulded base, quarter balusters at each corner and decorative tablets at either end, that on east depicting a unicorn and angel and 2 figures, that on west a heraldic shield, inscriptions on both sides. Chest tomb to John Phillips on north, died (?) 1796 matching tomb to Richard Phillips but with inscription on south side only and no decorative tablets. Both chest tombs similar to the William Harbidge monument (q.v.) possibly by Francis Ballard. Headstone with segmental head left of tomb to John Phillips to Mrs Grave Wells, daughter of Richard Phillips died 1787, inscription within outline of open front of open book with one side blank. Headstone to Ann Phillips, daughter of Richard Phillips, died 1776. Segmental headed stone with urn in relief at top, festoons of fruit to either side and urns at bottom. Railing formerly with urn finials at corners. (Edith Brill, Cotswold Crafts, P76-87, 1977).

Listing NGR: SP2430536314

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Legacy System number:: 128819
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

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Brill, E, Cotswold Crafts, (1977), 76-87

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.