Richard Payne Knight Monument About 10 Yards North East of North East Corner of the Church of St Mary
RICHARD PAYNE KNIGHT MONUMENT ABOUT 10 YARDS NORTH EAST OF NORTH EAST CORNER OF THE CHURCH OF ST MARY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1157366
- Date first listed:
- 09-Feb-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Richard Payne Knight Monument About 10 Yards North East of North East Corner of the Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address:
- RICHARD PAYNE KNIGHT MONUMENT ABOUT 10 YARDS NORTH EAST OF NORTH EAST CORNER OF THE CHURCH OF ST MARY
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1157366
- Date first listed:
- 09-Feb-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Richard Payne Knight Monument About 10 Yards North East of North East Corner of the Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address 1:
- RICHARD PAYNE KNIGHT MONUMENT ABOUT 10 YARDS NORTH EAST OF NORTH EAST CORNER OF THE CHURCH OF ST MARY
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:
- RICHARD PAYNE KNIGHT MONUMENT ABOUT 10 YARDS NORTH EAST OF NORTH EAST CORNER OF THE CHURCH OF ST MARY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Brinsop and Wormsley
- National Grid Reference:
- SO4276247802
Details
WORMSLEY CP
SO 44 NW
4/79
Richard Payne Knight
monument about 10 yards
north-east of north-east
corner of the Church
of St Mary
GV
II
Chest tomb. Dated 1824. Limestone with large prominent fossils and finer
grained end and side panels. Austere Neo-Classical style. High base on
chamfered plinth supports chest tomb with recessed margins to side and end
panels. Low hipped capping. Inscription in incised lettering on east side:
RICARDO PAYNE KNIGHT
PER PLVRIMOS ANNOS SENATORII ORDINIS
MAGNAVI INGENII ET SINGVLARI INDUVSTRIA PRAEDITO
OVI E FONTIBUS FERE RECONDITIS GRAECAS LITERAS HAVSIT
NON TAMEN HIS TOTVM SE DEDIT QVIPPE IN SYLVIS
ET CONVALLIBVS CVRVQUE FLVMINVM CONTEMPLANDO
MVLTVM STVDII QVO VALDE DELECTABATVR PENEBAT
INTER AMICOS AVTORITATE GRAVIS ERVDITOS IN SERMONE FAMILIARI
PRIMAS TENVIT OVEM LEPORE ORNABAT ET LITERIS EXAVISITIS
DE REPVBLICA BENE MERITVS
SIQVIDEM PRETIOSA QVE SCIENTER COMPARAVERAT
ANTIQVAE ARTIS EXEMPLA IN MUSEO BRITANNICO COLLOCARI
TESTAMENTO SVO CURAVIT
MORT: OB: ANN: AETAT: LXXIV: AS: MDCCCXXIV
BENEFICO ADMODVM ET LIBERALI VIRO
EIDEM FRATRI OPTIMO FRATER AMANTISSIMUS
MONVMENTUM HOC PONI INSCRIBIQVE VOLVIT
(BoE, p 326).
Listing NGR: SO4276247802
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 149760
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Herefordshire, (1963), 326
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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