Row of 4 Durrant Headstones About 1M East of the Porch of the Church of St Peter and St James
ROW OF 4 DURRANT HEADSTONES ABOUT 1M EAST OF THE PORCH OF THE CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST JAMES
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1165129
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jan-1986
- Statutory Address:
- ROW OF 4 DURRANT HEADSTONES ABOUT 1M EAST OF THE PORCH OF THE CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST JAMES
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1165129
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jan-1986
- Statutory Address 1:
- ROW OF 4 DURRANT HEADSTONES ABOUT 1M EAST OF THE PORCH OF THE CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST JAMES
Location
- Statutory Address:
- ROW OF 4 DURRANT HEADSTONES ABOUT 1M EAST OF THE PORCH OF THE CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST JAMES
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Torridge (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Halwill
- National Grid Reference:
- SX4272299426
Details
SX 49 NW
4/74
HALWILL
HALWILL
Row of 4 Durrant headstones about 1m east of the porch of the Church of St Peter and St James
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II
Row of 4 headstones. Early C19. Slate. The northernmost headstone commemorates
Thomas Durrant, died 1805, with a segmental head and verse below the inscription.
The headstone immediately to the south has a shaped head and commemorates Edith
Durrant, died 1802; vase of flowers carved in head, verse below inscription. The
second headstone from the north commemorates John Durrant of Foxhole, (qv) died 1821
and is signed 'Richard Reddicliffe'. The headstone has an elaborate shaped head with
heavy ogee mouldings, rectangular inscription panel raised from a textured border and
an eternal lamp with festoons of bay leaves carved in deep relief in the head, good
lettering and scrollwork to the inscription. The southernmost headstone,
commemorating William Durrant, died 1825, has a moulded shaped head of 3 segmental
arches, an angel in a roundel with swags carved in the head and an inscription framed
by reeded pilasters and an entablature.
Listing NGR: SX4272299426
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 90775
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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