UNIDENTIFIED CHEST TOMB IN CHURCHYARD, ABOUT 3 METRES NORTH OF TOWER, CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1344571
Date first listed:: 25-Feb-1955
List Entry Name:: UNIDENTIFIED CHEST TOMB IN CHURCHYARD, ABOUT 3 METRES NORTH OF TOWER, CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS
Statutory Address:: UNIDENTIFIED CHEST TOMB IN CHURCHYARD, ABOUT 3 METRES NORTH OF TOWER, CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1344571
Date first listed:: 25-Feb-1955
List Entry Name:: UNIDENTIFIED CHEST TOMB IN CHURCHYARD, ABOUT 3 METRES NORTH OF TOWER, CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS
Statutory Address 1:: UNIDENTIFIED CHEST TOMB IN CHURCHYARD, ABOUT 3 METRES NORTH OF TOWER, CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS

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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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Statutory Address:: UNIDENTIFIED CHEST TOMB IN CHURCHYARD, ABOUT 3 METRES NORTH OF TOWER, CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS

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District:: Somerset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Corfe
National Grid Reference:: ST2324319699

Details

ST2319 12/24

CORFE CP CORFE VILLAGE Unidentified chest tomb in churchyard about 3 north of tower, Church of St Nicholas

GV II

Chest tomb. Circa 1860. Possibly by C E Giles, Flat topped, moulded cornice and plinth, all 4 sides carved with continuous arcade of interlocking arches in Romanesque style, similar to organ screen and bench fronts inside St Michael's Church (qv). inscribed on top but illegible. Possibly the tomb of the donor of the south aisle addition.

Listing NGR: ST2324319699

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Legacy System:: LBS

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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.