PAIR OF ADJACENT ALFORD HEADSTONES APPROXIMATELY 12 METRES SOUTH SOUTH EAST OF THE CHANCEL OF THE CHURCH OF ST GILES

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1104989
Date first listed:: 16-Feb-1989
List Entry Name:: PAIR OF ADJACENT ALFORD HEADSTONES APPROXIMATELY 12 METRES SOUTH SOUTH EAST OF THE CHANCEL OF THE CHURCH OF ST GILES
Statutory Address:: PAIR OF ADJACENT ALFORD HEADSTONES APPROXIMATELY 12 METRES SOUTH SOUTH EAST OF THE CHANCEL OF THE CHURCH OF ST GILES

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1104989
Date first listed:: 16-Feb-1989
List Entry Name:: PAIR OF ADJACENT ALFORD HEADSTONES APPROXIMATELY 12 METRES SOUTH SOUTH EAST OF THE CHANCEL OF THE CHURCH OF ST GILES
Statutory Address 1:: PAIR OF ADJACENT ALFORD HEADSTONES APPROXIMATELY 12 METRES SOUTH SOUTH EAST OF THE CHANCEL OF THE CHURCH OF ST GILES

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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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Statutory Address:: PAIR OF ADJACENT ALFORD HEADSTONES APPROXIMATELY 12 METRES SOUTH SOUTH EAST OF THE CHANCEL OF THE CHURCH OF ST GILES

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Devon
District:: Torridge (District Authority)
Parish:: St. Giles in the Wood
National Grid Reference:: SS 53360 18935

Details

ST GILES ST GILES IN THE WOOD SS 53 18 IN THE WOOD 18/235 Pair of adjacent Alford headstones - approximately 12 metres south-south east of the chancel of the Church of St Giles

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Pair of adjacent headstones. Both are C18 in memory of members of the Alford family. Both are slate. The eastern one is the earlier. It is square-headed and stands only approximately 150 millimetres high. On both sides the head is carved with a good winged cherubs head flanked by scrolled decoration and the inscription is Roman serif upper and lower case lettering. Most is buried but the name of John Alford shows on the east side. The western one has a shaped head and the front is carved with an incised frame supported on columns. The first letter of the inscription is ornamental. The rest is Roman serif upper and lower case lettering and records the death of Martha Alford in 1758. The rear is inscribed in memory of John Alford (died 1793) in simple cusped frame.

Listing NGR: SS5336018935

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Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.