Unidentified Chest Tomb In Churchyard, About 3 Metres South Of Porch, Church Of St Auguistine

Description

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

ST22NE WEST MONKTON CP WEST MONKTON VILLAGE

6/207 Unidentified chest tomb in churchyard, about 3 metres South of porch, Church of St Augustine



GV II*

Chest tomb. Late C17. Ham stone. Flat topped, frieze ornately carved with lions' masks, diamonds and rosettes, segmental headed bays with decorated spandrels set between caryatids on North and South faces, cartouche below angel's ead at East end, scull and cross bones West end partially sunk below ground. Inscriptions no longer legible but date 1683/8 is discernable on North face. A very handsome chest tomb.

Listing NGR: ST2630428440

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1061 IOE Records taken by Mick Humphreys; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Mick Humphreys. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project