ROBINSON TOMB CIRCA 22 METRES SOUTH OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST MARY

ROBINSON TOMB CIRCA 22 METRES SOUTH OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, TOWN END

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1203620
Date first listed:: 26-Nov-1987
List Entry Name:: ROBINSON TOMB CIRCA 22 METRES SOUTH OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST MARY
Statutory Address:: ROBINSON TOMB CIRCA 22 METRES SOUTH OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, TOWN END

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Date:: 1999-09-17
Reference:: IOE01/00910/27
Rights:: © Mr Derek Le Mare. Source: Historic England Archive

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1203620
Date first listed:: 26-Nov-1987
List Entry Name:: ROBINSON TOMB CIRCA 22 METRES SOUTH OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST MARY
Statutory Address 1:: ROBINSON TOMB CIRCA 22 METRES SOUTH OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, TOWN END

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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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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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: ROBINSON TOMB CIRCA 22 METRES SOUTH OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, TOWN END

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

District:: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Middleton in Teesdale
National Grid Reference:: NY 94780 25615

Details

MIDDLETON IN TEESDALE TOWN HEAD NY 9425 (East side) 24/146 (inset) Robinson tomb circa 22 metres south of chancel of Church of St. Mary GV II

Headstone. Circa 1825 to Jane Robinson, wife of Christopher Robinson, blacksmith, and members of their families to 1850; signed T. Snowball. Sandstone ashlar slab c.1.7 metres high with shaped top. Top panel contains hourglass, skeleton, cherub head and wings, and serpent and dove framing book with motto BE YE/WISE/AS/SER/PENTS/AND/HARM/LESS/AS DOVES; ribbon beside serpent 'ETERNITY HOW LONG', all in low relief. Well-cut inscription. Rear has long verse, and signature in wreath at foot 'T. SNOWBALL FECIT'.

Listing NGR: NY9478025615

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Legacy System number:: 111947
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.