Group of 35 Chest Tombs to East of Parish Church of St Swithun's
GROUP OF 35 CHEST TOMBS TO EAST OF PARISH CHURCH OF ST SWITHUN'S, CHURCH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1115277
- Date first listed:
- 19-Oct-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Group of 35 Chest Tombs to East of Parish Church of St Swithun's
- Statutory Address:
- GROUP OF 35 CHEST TOMBS TO EAST OF PARISH CHURCH OF ST SWITHUN'S, CHURCH STREET
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1115277
- Date first listed:
- 19-Oct-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Group of 35 Chest Tombs to East of Parish Church of St Swithun's
- Statutory Address 1:
- GROUP OF 35 CHEST TOMBS TO EAST OF PARISH CHURCH OF ST SWITHUN'S, CHURCH STREET
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:
- GROUP OF 35 CHEST TOMBS TO EAST OF PARISH CHURCH OF ST SWITHUN'S, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Bath and North East Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Bathford
- National Grid Reference:
- ST7882966600
Details
ST 7866-7966
9/50
BATHFORD C.P.
CHURCH STREET
(South-east side)
Group of 35 chest tombs to east of Parish Church of St. Swithun's.
G.V.
II
35 chest tombs. Mid - late C18th and early C19th. Ashlar. Most with
panelled sides and moulded cornice. Including: 1785, Ann Nelson (sister of
Lord Nelson); and adjacent tomb of 1805, Elizabeth Mateham, fluted pilasters,
8-sided with decorative top; Shrine family tomb (by south wall), 1785 and later,
8 sided with marble panel, urn on pedestal, low surrounding ashlar wall; (to
left of Shrine tomb) 1760, Fisher, oval panels, corner balusters and frieze; (to
right of Shrine tomb), two large tombs to the Wiltshire family of Shockerwick,
c.1810 with square marble panels and 1840's with cusped panels; (to west of
Shrine tomb) 1801, McClintock, square, marble shield-shaped panels, draped urn
and 1807, Stone, 8 sided, fluted pilasters, oval panels. The chest tombs in
Bathford Churchyard represent a good and extensive collection of classical and
traditional local tomb forms and contribute greatly to the setting of the church.
Listing NGR: ST7882966600
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 32219
- 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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