TOMBCHEST OF WILLIAM BRISCOE (DIED 1723) AND OTHERS, 4 METRES WEST OF PRIEST'S DOOR TO ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH

TOMBCHEST OF WILLIAM BRISCOE (DIED 1723) AND OTHERS, 4 METRES WEST OF PRIEST'S DOOR TO ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH, SHOTWICK VILLAGE

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1130547
Date first listed:: 10-Oct-1985
List Entry Name:: TOMBCHEST OF WILLIAM BRISCOE (DIED 1723) AND OTHERS, 4 METRES WEST OF PRIEST'S DOOR TO ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH
Statutory Address:: TOMBCHEST OF WILLIAM BRISCOE (DIED 1723) AND OTHERS, 4 METRES WEST OF PRIEST'S DOOR TO ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH, SHOTWICK VILLAGE

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1130547
Date first listed:: 10-Oct-1985
List Entry Name:: TOMBCHEST OF WILLIAM BRISCOE (DIED 1723) AND OTHERS, 4 METRES WEST OF PRIEST'S DOOR TO ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH
Statutory Address 1:: TOMBCHEST OF WILLIAM BRISCOE (DIED 1723) AND OTHERS, 4 METRES WEST OF PRIEST'S DOOR TO ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH, SHOTWICK VILLAGE

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

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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:: TOMBCHEST OF WILLIAM BRISCOE (DIED 1723) AND OTHERS, 4 METRES WEST OF PRIEST'S DOOR TO ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH, SHOTWICK VILLAGE

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

District:: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Puddington
National Grid Reference:: SJ 33681 71764

Details

SJ 37 SW SHOTWICK C.P. THE VILLAGE (North Side)

3/43 Tombchest of William Briscoe (died 1723) and others, 4m west of priest's door to St Michael's Church.

GV II

Tombchest: dated 1723. Ashlar buff sandstone. Rectangular tombchest on chamfered plinth with 2 fielded panels on the long sides, one on the short sides. Cyma-moulded cornice to top slab, the upper surface of which has a long inscription, in a semi-circular headed border, to William Briscoe, his wife, brother and sister-in-law, in good serifed script. Given the similarity to the item 3/44 the chest, apart from the top slab, the remainder may date to c1764.

Listing NGR: SJ3369071762

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Legacy System number:: 55689
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.