Dyson Perrins Memorial About 30 Metres to W of Church of St John the Baptist
DYSON PERRINS MEMORIAL ABOUT 30 METRES TO W OF CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CLAINES LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1063811
- Date first listed:
- 21-Mar-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Dyson Perrins Memorial About 30 Metres to W of Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address:
- DYSON PERRINS MEMORIAL ABOUT 30 METRES TO W OF CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CLAINES LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1063811
- Date first listed:
- 21-Mar-1985
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 27-Jun-2001
- List Entry Name:
- Dyson Perrins Memorial About 30 Metres to W of Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address 1:
- DYSON PERRINS MEMORIAL ABOUT 30 METRES TO W OF CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CLAINES LANE
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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.
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:
- DYSON PERRINS MEMORIAL ABOUT 30 METRES TO W OF CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CLAINES LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Worcestershire
- District:
- Worcester (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 85110 58857
Details
WORCESTER
SO85NE CLAINES LANE, Claines
620-1/2/664 (South side)
21/03/85 Dyson Perrins memorial
about 30 metres to W of
Church of St John the
Baptist
(Formerly Listed as:
NORTH CLAINES
CLAINES LANE
(South side)
Dyson Perrins memorial
about 33 yards west of
the Church of St John the
Baptist)
GV II
Chest tomb. Mid C19. White marble on pink granite base. Gothic
style. Moulded plinth and flat capping; capping has an ivy
leaf frieze, and a cross carved upon it with foliage
decoration at each end of the arms. Corner piers, and central
pilaster to long sides, all with 2 pointed arched, cusped,
recessed panels, one above the other; the inscription panels
are also recessed behind cusped 2-centred arches with foliated
relief work in spandrels. North-east side panels commemorate
Sarah Dyson Perrins, died 1855, and William Perrins died 1867;
south-west left panel commemorates James Dyson Perrins, died
1887, the right panel is blank; the west end panel
commemorates Judith Perrins, died 1865, and the east end panel
Alice Mary Dyson Perrins, died 1860. William Perrins and his
partner, John Wheeley Lea, founded the Lea and Perrins
Worcestershire Sauce Company, first marketed in 1840, which
brought considerable wealth to both families. William Perrins
married Sarah Dyson in 1823 and their grandson, Charles
William Dyson Perrins, 1864/1958, was able to establish his
outstanding collection of Early Worcester Porcelain and
Illuminated Manuscripts with this inherited wealth.
Formerly listed in the parish of North Claines on the 71st
list for the District of Wychavon, County of Hereford &
Worcester.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 488644
- 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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