Unidentified Chest Tomb in Churchyard About 4 Metres South of South Chapel Church of St Leonard
UNIDENTIFIED CHEST TOMB IN CHURCHYARD ABOUT 4 METRES SOUTH OF SOUTH CHAPEL CHURCH OF ST LEONARD, STOKE STREET, BS27 3UN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1058593
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jan-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Unidentified Chest Tomb in Churchyard About 4 Metres South of South Chapel Church of St Leonard
- Statutory Address:
- UNIDENTIFIED CHEST TOMB IN CHURCHYARD ABOUT 4 METRES SOUTH OF SOUTH CHAPEL CHURCH OF ST LEONARD, STOKE STREET, BS27 3UN
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- Date:
- 1999-09-04
- Reference:
- IOE01/01550/11
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1058593
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jan-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Unidentified Chest Tomb in Churchyard About 4 Metres South of South Chapel Church of St Leonard
- Statutory Address 1:
- UNIDENTIFIED CHEST TOMB IN CHURCHYARD ABOUT 4 METRES SOUTH OF SOUTH CHAPEL CHURCH OF ST LEONARD, STOKE STREET, BS27 3UN
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
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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:
- UNIDENTIFIED CHEST TOMB IN CHURCHYARD ABOUT 4 METRES SOUTH OF SOUTH CHAPEL CHURCH OF ST LEONARD, STOKE STREET, BS27 3UN
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Rodney Stoke
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 48234 49840
Details
ST 44 NE,
9/87
RODNEY STOKE CP,
STOKE STREET (South side),
Unidentified chest tomb in churchyard, about 4 metres south of south chapel, Church of St Leonard
(Formerly listed as: Unidentified monument in churchyard, about 4 a south of south chapel, Church of St Leonard)
G.V.
II*
Chest tomb. C15. Dressed stone. Oblong chest on a moulded plinth; north side with 3 quatrefoil panels, each panel
enclosing a blank shield, fourth panel with monogram; east and west ends with further carving; slab top with deep
cavetto moulding around its edge, series of blank shields in relief. Possibly to a member of the Rodney family.
Listing NGR: ST4823449840
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 268106
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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