Burial Enclosure Approximately 10 Metres to North East of Wentworth Old Church
BURIAL ENCLOSURE APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES TO NORTH EAST OF WENTWORTH OLD CHURCH, CHURCH DRIVE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1132793
- Date first listed:
- 21-Aug-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Burial Enclosure Approximately 10 Metres to North East of Wentworth Old Church
- Statutory Address:
- BURIAL ENCLOSURE APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES TO NORTH EAST OF WENTWORTH OLD CHURCH, CHURCH DRIVE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1132793
- Date first listed:
- 21-Aug-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Burial Enclosure Approximately 10 Metres to North East of Wentworth Old Church
- Statutory Address 1:
- BURIAL ENCLOSURE APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES TO NORTH EAST OF WENTWORTH OLD CHURCH, CHURCH DRIVE
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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:
- BURIAL ENCLOSURE APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES TO NORTH EAST OF WENTWORTH OLD CHURCH, CHURCH DRIVE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Rotherham (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Wentworth
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 38392 98300
Details
SK39NE WENTWORTH CHURCH DRIVE (north side, off)
4/63 Burial enclosure approximately 10 metres to north-east of Wentworth Old Church
GV II
Burial enclosure. 1824. Erected by William Wentworth Fitzwilliam and son Charles William. Ashlar plinth and vault cover with cast-iron railed enclosure. Rectangular. Large slab rises to chamfered 2-stone vault cover. Railings have corner and intermediate piers each of square section with lozenge-shaped panels to openwork shaft. Moulded caps now mostly damaged or replaced by concrete facsimiles. Fleur-de-lys finials to lower and upper rails. Running inscription on upper rail reads:
'THIS PLACE OF BURIAL WAS / CONSTRUCTED A.D. MDCCCXXIV.BY / WILLIAM EARL FITZWILLIAM / AND CHARLES WILLIAM / VISCOUNT MILTON, FOR THE / WENTWORTH BRANCH OF THEIR / DESCENDANTS, IN THE HOPE THAT / THEY MAY PASS THROUGH / THINGS TEMPORAL, THAT THEY / LOSE NOT THE THINGS ETERNAL'.
Subterranean vault not inspected. Private access via ashlar-lined tunnel from Wentworth Old Church (q.v.).
Listing NGR: SK3839298300
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 335571
- 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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