Group Of Four Monuments Adjacent To South East Chapel Of Church Of St Nicholas

Description

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

ST 9665 BROMHAM HIGH STREET (west side)

10/34 Group of four monuments adjacent to south east chapel of Church of St Nicholas

GV II

Group of four chest tombs, C18 to early C19, ashlar. From west: a) Edwards memorial, mid C18, with 2 raised octagonal plaques each side, decorated spandrels, centre and angle piers with fielded panels and centre rosettes. Moulded base and cornice with frieze broken forward over piers. Inscription to Mark Edwards died 1752.

b) Kate memorial, late C18 or early C19, with slab sides and 2 plaques with incised frames. Incised panelling to centre and angle piers. Moulded base and cornice with fluted frieze, broken forward over plaques. Rosettes over piers. South side inscription to ?Ann Kate died 1837.

c) Unidentified later C18 memorial with raised centre panel each side flanked by fielded panels. North side centre has raised roundel with egg-and-dart border, south side has fielded rectangular panel and egg-and-dart frame. Similar fielded end panels. Moulded base and cornice, pulvinated frieze broken forward over centre.

d) Humphry memorial, mid C18 with 2 raised shield plaques to south, 2 raised octagonal plaques to north, fielded panelled piers, angle piers with centre rosettes. Moulded base and cornice with pulvinated frieze broken forward over piers.

South side inscripton to Betty Humphry, died 1788.

Listing NGR: ST9631665176

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This is part of the Series: IOE01/0930 IOE Records taken by Charles Hart; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

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© Mr Charles Hart. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project