GROUP OF 3 UNIDENTIFIED MONUMENTS IN CHURCHYARD ABOUT 1 METRE NORTH OF VESTRY CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW

GROUP OF 3 UNIDENTIFIED MONUMENTS IN CHURCHYARD ABOUT 1 METRE NORTH OF VESTRY CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW, HIGH STREET

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1180113
Date first listed:: 29-Jan-1987
List Entry Name:: GROUP OF 3 UNIDENTIFIED MONUMENTS IN CHURCHYARD ABOUT 1 METRE NORTH OF VESTRY CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW
Statutory Address:: GROUP OF 3 UNIDENTIFIED MONUMENTS IN CHURCHYARD ABOUT 1 METRE NORTH OF VESTRY CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW, HIGH STREET

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Date:: 1999-09-11
Reference:: IOE01/01539/04
Rights:: © Barry Lane. Source: Historic England Archive

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1180113
Date first listed:: 29-Jan-1987
List Entry Name:: GROUP OF 3 UNIDENTIFIED MONUMENTS IN CHURCHYARD ABOUT 1 METRE NORTH OF VESTRY CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW
Statutory Address 1:: GROUP OF 3 UNIDENTIFIED MONUMENTS IN CHURCHYARD ABOUT 1 METRE NORTH OF VESTRY CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW, HIGH STREET

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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:: GROUP OF 3 UNIDENTIFIED MONUMENTS IN CHURCHYARD ABOUT 1 METRE NORTH OF VESTRY CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW, HIGH STREET

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

District:: Somerset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Wookey
National Grid Reference:: ST 51859 45804

Details

ST54NW WOOKEY CP HIGH STREET (South side)

21/167 Group of 3 unidentified monuments in churchyard, about 1 m north of vestry, Church of St Matthew

GV II

Group of 3 chest tombs. Earliest dated 1647; the other 2 C18. Dressed stone. Oblong chests on moulded plinths, slab tops; one collapsed with moulded top placed upon plinth, chest body missing.

Listing NGR: ST5186245807

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Legacy System number:: 268180
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.