UNIDENTIFIED CHEST TOMB, IN CHURCHYARD TWELVE METRES SOUTH OF PORCH, CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST

UNIDENTIFIED CHEST TOMB, IN CHURCHYARD TWELVE METRES SOUTH OF PORCH, CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, STAPLEGROVE, TAUNTON, TA2 6EJ

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1176868
Date first listed:: 17-May-1985
List Entry Name:: UNIDENTIFIED CHEST TOMB, IN CHURCHYARD TWELVE METRES SOUTH OF PORCH, CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST
Statutory Address:: UNIDENTIFIED CHEST TOMB, IN CHURCHYARD TWELVE METRES SOUTH OF PORCH, CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, STAPLEGROVE, TAUNTON, TA2 6EJ

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Date:: 1999-09-06
Reference:: IOE01/00167/01
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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1176868
Date first listed:: 17-May-1985
List Entry Name:: UNIDENTIFIED CHEST TOMB, IN CHURCHYARD TWELVE METRES SOUTH OF PORCH, CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST
Statutory Address 1:: UNIDENTIFIED CHEST TOMB, IN CHURCHYARD TWELVE METRES SOUTH OF PORCH, CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, STAPLEGROVE, TAUNTON, TA2 6EJ

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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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:: UNIDENTIFIED CHEST TOMB, IN CHURCHYARD TWELVE METRES SOUTH OF PORCH, CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, STAPLEGROVE, TAUNTON, TA2 6EJ

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

District:: Somerset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Taunton
National Grid Reference:: ST 21221 26428

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 01/08/2017

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STAPLEGROVE CP STAPLEGROVE VILLAGE Unidentified chest tomb, in churchyard twelve metres south of porch, Church of St John the Evangelist

(Formerly listed as Unidentified chest tomb, in churchyard 12 metres south of porch, Church of St John)

GV II Sarcophagus-shaped chest tomb, circa 1800. Doulting stone. Ledger topped, hexagonal in plan with arcroteri at corners, inset-panels, one missing on south side, chamfered plinth. Inscription on north side illegible. An unusual Grecian style tomb.

Listing NGR: ST2122126428

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Legacy System number:: 270688
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.