Row of 4 Chest Tombs Approximately 3 Metres to North East of Church of St Andrew

ROW OF 4 CHEST TOMBS APPROXIMATELY 3 METRES TO NORTH EAST OF CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, MARKET PLACE

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1267991
Date first listed:
16-Sept-1996
Statutory Address:
ROW OF 4 CHEST TOMBS APPROXIMATELY 3 METRES TO NORTH EAST OF CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, MARKET PLACE
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Date:
2006-06-29
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1267991
Date first listed:
16-Sept-1996
Date of most recent amendment:
09-Dec-1997
Statutory Address 1:
ROW OF 4 CHEST TOMBS APPROXIMATELY 3 METRES TO NORTH EAST OF CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, MARKET PLACE

Location

Statutory Address:
ROW OF 4 CHEST TOMBS APPROXIMATELY 3 METRES TO NORTH EAST OF CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, MARKET PLACE

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

District:
Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Chippenham
National Grid Reference:
ST 92294 73241

Details

ST 9273 SW CHIPPENHAM MARKET PLACE
(East side)
930-1/10/125
Row of 4 chest tombs
approximately 3m to north-
east of Church of St Andrew

GV II


Row of 4 chest tombs. C18.
i) Approx 2m east of the vestry. Plinth; moulded flat top; ogee-based shields with roll edges, one to each end, 2 to the sides articulated by pilasters with raised and field panels. Eroded top.
ii) Approx 2m east of the vestry. Similar to i) above.
iii) Approx 3m north-east of the vestry. Early C18. Egg-and-dart moulding to raised and fielded panels, square to the centres of the sides flanked by similar narrow panels. Similar panels to the sides.
iv) Approx 7m north-east of the vestry. Late C18. No plinth, plain recessed panels; stepped barrel top with broad vertical reeding tapering toward the ridge. Illegible inscriptions,

Listing NGR: ST9229473241

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