Handcock Headstone Approximately 12 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Matthew

HANDCOCK HEADSTONE APPROXIMATELY 12 METRES SOUTH WEST OF TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1106598
Date first listed:
15-Dec-1986
List Entry Name:
Handcock Headstone Approximately 12 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Matthew
Statutory Address:
HANDCOCK HEADSTONE APPROXIMATELY 12 METRES SOUTH WEST OF TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1106598
Date first listed:
15-Dec-1986
List Entry Name:
Handcock Headstone Approximately 12 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Matthew
Statutory Address 1:
HANDCOCK HEADSTONE APPROXIMATELY 12 METRES SOUTH WEST OF TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW

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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.

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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.

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Location

Statutory Address:
HANDCOCK HEADSTONE APPROXIMATELY 12 METRES SOUTH WEST OF TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW

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

County:
Devon
District:
Mid Devon (District Authority)
Parish:
Coldridge
National Grid Reference:
SS 69831 07638

Details

COLDRIDGE COLDRIDGE SS 60 NE 1/27 Handcock headstone approximately - 12 metres south-west of tower of Church of St Matthew GV II

Headstone. Circa 1829 in memory of Elizabeth Handcock and her siblings, signed by Howell of Chumleigh. Slate. Upright slab standing approximately 1.2 metres high with flat top and concave corners. It has a fluted frame around the inscription which in upper and lower case Roman serif letters records the death of the children, all of them under 11 years, Elizabeth (died 1826), Harriet (died 1826) and Mary Ann (died 1829).

Listing NGR: SS6983107638

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Legacy System number:
95579
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.

Ordnance survey map of Handcock Headstone Approximately 12 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Matthew

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