Morris Memorial Approximately 20 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St George
MORRIS MEMORIAL APPROXIMATELY 20 METRES SOUTH EAST OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST GEORGE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1053371
- Date first listed:
- 30-Mar-1989
- List Entry Name:
- Morris Memorial Approximately 20 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St George
- Statutory Address:
- MORRIS MEMORIAL APPROXIMATELY 20 METRES SOUTH EAST OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST GEORGE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1053371
- Date first listed:
- 30-Mar-1989
- List Entry Name:
- Morris Memorial Approximately 20 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St George
- Statutory Address 1:
- MORRIS MEMORIAL APPROXIMATELY 20 METRES SOUTH EAST OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST GEORGE
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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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- MORRIS MEMORIAL APPROXIMATELY 20 METRES SOUTH EAST OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST GEORGE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- West Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Kelmscott
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 24939 99349
Details
KELMSCOTT Morris memorial approx. 20m SE SU2499-2599 10/67 of chancel of Church of St. George (Formerly listed as Tomb of William Morris) GV II
Churchyard memorial. 1896 by Philip Webb. Limestone. Curved ridge-shaped stone supported by stone blocks to each end. Inscriptions on south side to William Morris (1834-96) and Jane Morris (1839-1914) and on north side to their daughters, Jane Alice Morris (1861-1935) and May Morris (1862-1938). It has been suggested that the design of the tomb is based on the ridge-back type of Viking funerary monument, but Webb may have derived his inspiration from a C17 gable-ended tomb also in Kelmscott churchyard (q.v. under Ford memorial, C18 chest tomb and two C17 monuments approximately 2 to 5 metres south of south transept of Church of St. George). (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p666; A.R. Dufty: Kelmscott, An Illustrated Guide (London, The Society of Antiquaries, 1984), pp30, 34) [2362]
Listing NGR: SU2493999349
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 253819
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Dufty, A R, Kelmscott An Illustrated Guide, (1984), 30 34
Pevsner, N, Sherwood, J, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, (1974), 666
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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