Two Grave Covers Against South Wall of Nave of Church of St John the Evangelist
TWO GRAVE COVERS AGAINST SOUTH WALL OF NAVE OF CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, FRONT STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1121481
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jun-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Two Grave Covers Against South Wall of Nave of Church of St John the Evangelist
- Statutory Address:
- TWO GRAVE COVERS AGAINST SOUTH WALL OF NAVE OF CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, FRONT STREET
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1121481
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jun-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Two Grave Covers Against South Wall of Nave of Church of St John the Evangelist
- Statutory Address 1:
- TWO GRAVE COVERS AGAINST SOUTH WALL OF NAVE OF CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, FRONT STREET
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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.
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:
- TWO GRAVE COVERS AGAINST SOUTH WALL OF NAVE OF CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, FRONT STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County Durham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Spennymoor
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 26213 31454
Details
NZ 23 SE SPENNYMOOR FRONT STREET
(North side)
Kirk Merrington
6/43 (inset)
Two grave covers
against south wall
of nave of Church
of St. John the
Evangelist
GV
II
Two grave covers c.2 and 6 metres east of south porch. Late C12 or early C13.
Sandstone ashlar. Coped slabs c.1.5 metres long, with carving resembling
overlapping planks; ridges end in slots for uprights at each end, and have
circular cross-head termini at each end. The second also has drilled holes
in end sockets.
Source: P.F. Ryder, The Medieval Cross Slab Grave Cover in Co. Durham, Durham
1985, p.101.
(Architectural and Archaeological Society of Northumberland and Durham,
Research Report No. 1).
Listing NGR: NZ2621331454
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 112250
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Transactions of the Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and North in Transactions of the Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and North, (1985), 101
Research Report in No 1, ()
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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