THE NATHANIEL IRESON MONUMENT, 4 METRES SOUTH EAST OF CHANCEL, CHURCHYARD OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL

THE NATHANIEL IRESON MONUMENT, 4 METRES SOUTH EAST OF CHANCEL, CHURCHYARD OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL, CHURCH STREET

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1274132
Date first listed:: 24-Mar-1961
List Entry Name:: THE NATHANIEL IRESON MONUMENT, 4 METRES SOUTH EAST OF CHANCEL, CHURCHYARD OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL
Statutory Address:: THE NATHANIEL IRESON MONUMENT, 4 METRES SOUTH EAST OF CHANCEL, CHURCHYARD OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL, CHURCH STREET

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1274132
Date first listed:: 24-Mar-1961
List Entry Name:: THE NATHANIEL IRESON MONUMENT, 4 METRES SOUTH EAST OF CHANCEL, CHURCHYARD OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL
Statutory Address 1:: THE NATHANIEL IRESON MONUMENT, 4 METRES SOUTH EAST OF CHANCEL, CHURCHYARD OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL, CHURCH STREET

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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Location

Statutory Address:: THE NATHANIEL IRESON MONUMENT, 4 METRES SOUTH EAST OF CHANCEL, CHURCHYARD OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL, CHURCH STREET

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District:: Somerset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Wincanton
National Grid Reference:: ST 71125 28478

Details

ST7128 WINCANTON CP CHURCH STREET (South side)

8/133 The Nathaniel Ireson Monument, 4 metres South East of Chancel, Churchyard of St Peter and St Paul

24.3.61

GV II

Monument. Mid C18. By Nathaniel Ireson. Local stone. Two course plinth, about 900mm square, then a rusticated pier in 4 sections; flat top with cornice mould of bold projection; then a block surmounted by a statue in C18 costume, less than lifesize, in all about 3 metres tall; the statue faces South West. On the North face several inscriptions, of which the top reads "IN MEMORY OF/ NATHANIEL IRESON/MASTER BUILDER WHO ERECTED/THIS MONUMENT FOR HIMSELF/AND FAMILY MOST OF THEM/LYING NEAR THIS PLACE HE/DIED APRIL 18, 1769/AGED 83 YEARS"; other inscriptions on West and South faces. Statue rather worn: pier may be a restoration.

Listing NGR: ST7112528478

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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.