Simpson Tomb St Marys Church

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

SJ 78 SW ROSTHERNE ROSTHERNE LANE

133/3/10003 Simpson Tomb St Mary's Church

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Tomb. c.1861. Ashlar sandstone monument in the form of a diminutive spire carried on 4 columns with foliated capitals rising from the corners of a sloping gabled casket. The tomb is set on a low chamfered ashlar plinth, on which are set low ornamental railings. Between the columns spring 4 steep gables behind which rises the spire, now without a finial. The sides of the casket have recessed cusped rectangular panels, one bearing the inscription 'In memory of Mary, beloved wife of James Simpson Esq. Of Didsbury, near Manchester who died 20th May 1861 aged 43 years.'

Listing NGR: SJ7428283655

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/0124 IOE Records taken by Bryan F Basketter; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr F. Bryan Basketter. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project