Corbet Memorial Approximately 15 Metres to South West of Church of Saint Bartholomew
CORBET MEMORIAL APPROXIMATELY 15 METRES TO SOUTH WEST OF CHURCH OF SAINT BARTHOLOMEW
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1177900
- Date first listed:
- 29-Oct-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Corbet Memorial Approximately 15 Metres to South West of Church of Saint Bartholomew
- Statutory Address:
- CORBET MEMORIAL APPROXIMATELY 15 METRES TO SOUTH WEST OF CHURCH OF SAINT BARTHOLOMEW
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1177900
- Date first listed:
- 29-Oct-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Corbet Memorial Approximately 15 Metres to South West of Church of Saint Bartholomew
- Statutory Address 1:
- CORBET MEMORIAL APPROXIMATELY 15 METRES TO SOUTH WEST OF CHURCH OF SAINT BARTHOLOMEW
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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.
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:
- CORBET MEMORIAL APPROXIMATELY 15 METRES TO SOUTH WEST OF CHURCH OF SAINT BARTHOLOMEW
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Moreton Corbet and Lee Brockhurst
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 56090 23239
Details
SJ 5623-5723 MORETON CORBET C.P. MORETON CORBET
18/65 Corbet memorial - approx. 15 metres to south-west of Church of Saint Bartholomew
GV II
Churchyard memorial. Sculpture dated 1904 and signed by John H. M. Furse (b.1860). Marble pedestal with bronze sculpture. Pedestal with moulded plinth, moulded cornice, and cap with acanthus leaves at corners. Figure of Mercury, inscribed: "I.H.M. FURSE 1904". Front of pedestal with carved oak festoon, elephant and castle and squirrel, and inscribed: "VIRTUTIS LAUS AG/TIO/DUM/SPIRO/SPERO". Rear with carved swag and raven and inscribed "DEUS PASCIT CORVOS". Sides with carved wreaths. Left-hand side inscribed "To the/dear memory of/Vincent Stewart/Corbet/ B.January 27 1890/D. At Eton College/October 17 1903". Also in memory of Walter Orlando Corbet (d.1910) and Roland James Corbet (1915). Vincent Corbet died of appendicitis. This is a rare example of a sculpture. of metropolitan Post-Gilbert style in a country churchyard. Colonel Maurice Harold Grant, A Dictionary of British Sculptors, Rodcliff (1953) p.102; The Dictionary of British Artists 1880-1940, Antique Collectors' Club (1976), p.190; S. Beatty, New Sculpture.
Listing NGR: SJ5609023239
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 260059
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Antique Collectors Club, , The Dictionary of British Artists 1880-1940, (1976), 190
Grant, M H, A Dictionary of British Sculptors, (1953), 102
Beattie, S, The New Sculpture, (1983)
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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