Quilter Monument in Churchyard of St Mary

Quilter Monument in Churchyard of St Mary, The Street

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1183235
Date first listed:
31-Aug-1988
List Entry Name:
Quilter Monument in Churchyard of St Mary
Statutory Address:
Quilter Monument in Churchyard of St Mary, The Street
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1183235
Date first listed:
31-Aug-1988
List Entry Name:
Quilter Monument in Churchyard of St Mary
Statutory Address 1:
Quilter Monument in Churchyard of St Mary, The Street

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.

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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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
Quilter Monument in Churchyard of St Mary, The Street

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

County:
Suffolk
District:
East Suffolk (District Authority)
Parish:
Bawdsey
National Grid Reference:
TM 34625 40103

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 6 December 2022 to reformat the text to current standards

TM 34 SW
10/22

BAWDSEY
THE STREET (west side)
Quilter Monument in Churchyard of St Mary

G.V.
II
Chest tomb, c.1911. White ashlar. English Baroque. Raised on an earth mound and approached by two steps. Rectangular with diagonally set scroll buttresses to the corners with acanthus decoration. Swags to all four sides with winged cherubs' heads to the upper centre of each of the longer faces. Coat of arms to the eastern, shorter face. The west face has an inscription to William Cuthbert Quilter, first baronet 1814-1911, his wife, Mary Anne d. 1927, and son Roger Cuthbert Quilter, composer d. 1953. Inscriptions along the sides to the second Baronet, d. 1952 and third Baronet d. 1959 and other members of the family.

Listing NGR: TM3462540103

Legacy

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Legacy System number:
285385
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.

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