TWO BAKER MONUMENTS IN THE CHURCHYARD, 1 METRE WEST OF TOWER, CHURCH OF ST GILES

TWO BAKER MONUMENTS IN THE CHURCHYARD, 1 METRE WEST OF TOWER, CHURCH OF ST GILES, THE STREET

Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places

Overview

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1181847
Date first listed:: 16-Jul-1987
List Entry Name:: TWO BAKER MONUMENTS IN THE CHURCHYARD, 1 METRE WEST OF TOWER, CHURCH OF ST GILES
Statutory Address:: TWO BAKER MONUMENTS IN THE CHURCHYARD, 1 METRE WEST OF TOWER, CHURCH OF ST GILES, THE STREET

User submitted image — Uploaded by Paul Adams This photo may not represent the current condition of the site
View all

Location

Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.

What is the National Heritage List for England?

The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.

The list includes:

🏠 Buildings
🏰 Scheduled monuments
🌳 Parks and gardens
⚔️ Battlefields
⚓ Shipwrecks

Find out more about listing

Images of England Project

To view this image please use Firefox, Chrome, Safari, or Edge.

Archive image, may not represent current condition of site.

Date:: 2001-07-31
Reference:: IOE01/04316/28
Rights:: © Dr Robert Slade. Source: Historic England Archive

Historic England Archive

Search over 1 million photographs and drawings from the 1850s to the present day using our images archive.

Find Photos

Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1181847
Date first listed:: 16-Jul-1987
List Entry Name:: TWO BAKER MONUMENTS IN THE CHURCHYARD, 1 METRE WEST OF TOWER, CHURCH OF ST GILES
Statutory Address 1:: TWO BAKER MONUMENTS IN THE CHURCHYARD, 1 METRE WEST OF TOWER, CHURCH OF ST GILES, THE STREET

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: TWO BAKER MONUMENTS IN THE CHURCHYARD, 1 METRE WEST OF TOWER, CHURCH OF ST GILES, THE STREET

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

District:: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Lea and Cleverton
National Grid Reference:: ST 95700 86279

Details

ST 98 NE LEA & CLEVERTON THE STREET, Lea (north side)

6/105 Two Baker monuments in the churchyard, lm west of tower, Church of St Giles

GV II

Two chest tombs. Early and late C19. Limestone. Lettered north to south. a) 1870 (copy of adjacent monument). Greek Revival style. Rectangular chest on high plinth with raised panels to sides and ends: incised Roman and italic lettering to several members of the Baker family. Moulded base and cornice with elaborate slab pedimented and cambered and decorated to sides with paterae, acanthus and acroterion motifs. b) 1828. Greek Revival style. Rectangular chest on high plinth with raised panels to sides and ends: incised Roman and italic lettering to several members of the Baker family. Moulded base and cornice with elaborate slab pedimented and cambered and decorated to sides with paterae, acanthus and acroterion motifs.

Listing NGR: ST9570086279

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 315727
Legacy System:: LBS

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.