WOOD HEADSTONE APPROXIMATELY 7 METRES SOUTH OF THE PORCH OF THE CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL

WOOD HEADSTONE APPROXIMATELY 7 METRES SOUTH OF THE PORCH OF THE CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, CHURCH HILL

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1204715
Date first listed:: 10-Feb-1987
List Entry Name:: WOOD HEADSTONE APPROXIMATELY 7 METRES SOUTH OF THE PORCH OF THE CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL
Statutory Address:: WOOD HEADSTONE APPROXIMATELY 7 METRES SOUTH OF THE PORCH OF THE CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, CHURCH HILL

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1204715
Date first listed:: 10-Feb-1987
List Entry Name:: WOOD HEADSTONE APPROXIMATELY 7 METRES SOUTH OF THE PORCH OF THE CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL
Statutory Address 1:: WOOD HEADSTONE APPROXIMATELY 7 METRES SOUTH OF THE PORCH OF THE CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, CHURCH HILL

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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Statutory Address:: WOOD HEADSTONE APPROXIMATELY 7 METRES SOUTH OF THE PORCH OF THE CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, CHURCH HILL

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County:: Devon
District:: East Devon (District Authority)
Parish:: Otterton
National Grid Reference:: SY 07994 85141

Details

OTTERTON CHURCH HILL, Otterton SY 0885 7/129 Wood headstone approximately - 7 metres south of the porch of the Church of st Michael GV II Headstone. Mid C18 in memory of Mary Wood. Limestone. Upright slab with square head standing approximately 900mm high. The front contains a round-headed panel the front of which bows forward a little. It has a moulded surround surmounted by a carving of a winged cherub head in low relief. The spandrels either side have carved ribbons with tassled ends. 'Here lieth', the first 2 words of the inscription, are ornamental Gothic lettering, the rest in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering. It records the death of Mary Wood but the date is buried.

Listing NGR: SY0799485141

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Legacy System number:: 86330
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.