Pair of Chest Tombs Approximately 10 Metres North of Chancel of Church of All Saints
PAIR OF CHEST TOMBS APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES NORTH OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, HALL YARD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1225656
- Date first listed:
- 12-Oct-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Pair of Chest Tombs Approximately 10 Metres North of Chancel of Church of All Saints
- Statutory Address:
- PAIR OF CHEST TOMBS APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES NORTH OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, HALL YARD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1225656
- Date first listed:
- 12-Oct-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Pair of Chest Tombs Approximately 10 Metres North of Chancel of Church of All Saints
- Statutory Address 1:
- PAIR OF CHEST TOMBS APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES NORTH OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, HALL YARD
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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.
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- PAIR OF CHEST TOMBS APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES NORTH OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, HALL YARD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Northamptonshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- King's Cliffe
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 00714 97086
Details
KINGS CLIFFE HALL YARD TL0097 (West side) 12/114 Pair of chest tombs approx. 10m N of chancel of Church of All Saints GV II Pair of chest tombs. Late C18. Limestone ashlar. Chest tomb to north is square with panelled sides and sloping top. Upstand at back of slope has inscriptions to William Law died 1761, Hester Gibbon, d.1790 and Sarah Law, d.1781. Front panel also has long inscription. Chest tomb to south has plain sides and sloping top. Inscription on south side to Elizabeth Hutcheson who died 1781. Those commemorated all lived for a time at Hall Farmhouse (q.v.). William Law and Elizabeth Hutcheson were responsible for charitable foundations in Kings Cliffe; in 1725, William Law, the C18 divine, published "A Serious call to a Devout and Holy Life". The tomb commemorating William Law is said to represent a writing desk.
Listing NGR: TL0071497086
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 422105
- 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.
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