PAIR OF UNIDENTIFIED CHEST TOMBS IN THE CHURCHYARD ABOUT 16 METRES SOUTH OF THE TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST PETER

PAIR OF UNIDENTIFIED CHEST TOMBS IN THE CHURCHYARD ABOUT 16 METRES SOUTH OF THE TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST PETER, HIGH STREET

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1274554
Date first listed:: 25-Feb-1988
List Entry Name:: PAIR OF UNIDENTIFIED CHEST TOMBS IN THE CHURCHYARD ABOUT 16 METRES SOUTH OF THE TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST PETER
Statutory Address:: PAIR OF UNIDENTIFIED CHEST TOMBS IN THE CHURCHYARD ABOUT 16 METRES SOUTH OF THE TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST PETER, HIGH STREET

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1274554
Date first listed:: 25-Feb-1988
List Entry Name:: PAIR OF UNIDENTIFIED CHEST TOMBS IN THE CHURCHYARD ABOUT 16 METRES SOUTH OF THE TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST PETER
Statutory Address 1:: PAIR OF UNIDENTIFIED CHEST TOMBS IN THE CHURCHYARD ABOUT 16 METRES SOUTH OF THE TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST PETER, HIGH STREET

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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:: PAIR OF UNIDENTIFIED CHEST TOMBS IN THE CHURCHYARD ABOUT 16 METRES SOUTH OF THE TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST PETER, HIGH STREET

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District:: Somerset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Evercreech
National Grid Reference:: ST 64919 38656

Details

EVERCREECH CP HIGH STREET (South side) ST6438 EVERCREECH 14/215 Pair of unidentified chest tombs in trio churchyard about 16m south of tower of Church of St Peter - GV II

Pair of unidentified chest tombs. C17/C18. Dressed stone. Oblong chests on sunken plinths; that to north C18, much rebuilt out of broken fragments, hipped slab top: to south C17, arabesque pilasters, semi-circular head niches, bolection moulded frieze, massive hipped slab top moulded around lower edge, remains of some inscriptions.

Listing NGR: ST6491938656

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Legacy System number:: 268423
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.