Remains of Medieval Coffin Adjacent to South Wall of Church of St Alban

REMAINS OF MEDIEVAL COFFIN ADJACENT TO SOUTH WALL OF CHURCH OF ST ALBAN, CHURCH LANE

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1151850
Date first listed:
01-Apr-1987
List Entry Name:
Remains of Medieval Coffin Adjacent to South Wall of Church of St Alban
Statutory Address:
REMAINS OF MEDIEVAL COFFIN ADJACENT TO SOUTH WALL OF CHURCH OF ST ALBAN, CHURCH LANE
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Date:
2002-02-23
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1151850
Date first listed:
01-Apr-1987
List Entry Name:
Remains of Medieval Coffin Adjacent to South Wall of Church of St Alban
Statutory Address 1:
REMAINS OF MEDIEVAL COFFIN ADJACENT TO SOUTH WALL OF CHURCH OF ST ALBAN, CHURCH LANE

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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:
REMAINS OF MEDIEVAL COFFIN ADJACENT TO SOUTH WALL OF CHURCH OF ST ALBAN, CHURCH LANE

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

District:
Rotherham (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish:
Wickersley
National Grid Reference:
SK4782791658

Details

SK49SE
2/135

WICKERSLEY
CHURCH LANE
(north side)
Remains of medieval coffin adjacent to south wall of Church of St. Alban

GV
II

Remains of medieval coffin. Probably C15. Magnesian limestone. Tapered
full-size coffin hollowed out for corpse and head; most of 'south' side of
coffin broken away. Possibly that of Roger de Wickersley whose C15 grave
slab is preserved in the central aisle of the Church of St. Alban (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SK4782791658

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
336010
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.

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