SPEARMAN MEMORIAL AND RAILED ENCLOSURE APPROXIMATELY 6 METRES TO NORTH WEST OF THE REMAINS OF THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1174596
Date first listed:: 27-Nov-1987
List Entry Name:: SPEARMAN MEMORIAL AND RAILED ENCLOSURE APPROXIMATELY 6 METRES TO NORTH WEST OF THE REMAINS OF THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY
Statutory Address:: SPEARMAN MEMORIAL AND RAILED ENCLOSURE APPROXIMATELY 6 METRES TO NORTH WEST OF THE REMAINS OF THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY

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Date:: 2000-06-27
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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1174596
Date first listed:: 27-Nov-1987
List Entry Name:: SPEARMAN MEMORIAL AND RAILED ENCLOSURE APPROXIMATELY 6 METRES TO NORTH WEST OF THE REMAINS OF THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY
Statutory Address 1:: SPEARMAN MEMORIAL AND RAILED ENCLOSURE APPROXIMATELY 6 METRES TO NORTH WEST OF THE REMAINS OF THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY

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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:: SPEARMAN MEMORIAL AND RAILED ENCLOSURE APPROXIMATELY 6 METRES TO NORTH WEST OF THE REMAINS OF THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY

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District:: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Bicton
National Grid Reference:: SJ 44542 15140

Details

BICTON C.P. BICTON SJ 41 NW 5/23 Spearman memorial and - railed enclosure approx. 6 metres to north-west of the remains of the Church of the Holy Trinity

GV II

Chest tomb with railed enclosure. Dated 1824. Grey sandstone ashlar tomb. Sarcophagus type. Moulded plinth, fluted corner piers, moulded cornice, and concave top to gadrooned and fluted pyramidal cap with small globe finial. Inscribed: "IN MEMORY OF JOHN SPEARMAN. Esqr. / late of OXON in this County, who died / Decr 27th, 1824, aged 60 years". Further inscription to the memory of Richard Spearman too. Wrought-iron railed enclosure with spearhead railings and square-section standards with urn finials. The former Church of the Holy Trinity (q.v.), now ruined, was replaced by a new building in the village in 1887.

Listing NGR: SJ4454215140

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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.