Chest Tomb 30 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Thomas
CHEST TOMB 30 METRES SOUTH OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST THOMAS, BRADLEY ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1097432
- Date first listed:
- 03-Jul-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Chest Tomb 30 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Thomas
- Statutory Address:
- CHEST TOMB 30 METRES SOUTH OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST THOMAS, BRADLEY ROAD
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1097432
- Date first listed:
- 03-Jul-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Chest Tomb 30 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Thomas
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHEST TOMB 30 METRES SOUTH OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST THOMAS, BRADLEY ROAD
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.
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:
- CHEST TOMB 30 METRES SOUTH OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST THOMAS, BRADLEY ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Teignbridge (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Bovey Tracey
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 82084 78604
Details
BOVEY TRACEY BRADLEY ROAD, Bovey Tracey SX 8278
12/45 Chest tomb 30 metres south of - chancel of Church of St Thomas
GV II*
Chest tomb. 1655. Granite ashlar. The chest has an inscription on the front, a coat-of-arms at the east end, and a skull and crossbones at the west end. The gable-ended cap carries another coat-of-arms and an inscription on the front; at the east end is a thistle and at the west end a rose. On its ridge are 3 squat obelisks, the centre one carved with a mermaid, the left-hand one with a flower and the right-hand one with a thistle. The tomb commemorates Maria Forbes (d.1655), wife of a former vicar, James Forbes, ejected from the living during the Commonwealth. The tomb is not in its original position. In 1826 it was said to be 'near the south-west wall of the church' and a drawing of 1836 shows it just south of the south-east corner of the south aisle. Sources: Church guidebook, 1984, p.11. G P Jones, 'Notes on Bovey Tracey', 1826 (typescript in Westcountry Studies Library, Exeter, p.13). Annie Croker's sketchbook, p.8 (Devon Record Office, 2160A add. 14/PZI.)
Listing NGR: SX8208478604
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 84488
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Church of All Saints Easington Church Guide, (), 11
Jones, G P, Notes on Bovey Tracey, (1826), 13
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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