Pair of Chest Tombs Approximately 3 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Nicholas

PAIR OF CHEST TOMBS APPROXIMATELY 3 METRES SOUTH OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, CHURCH STREET

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1283457
Date first listed:
15-May-1989
Statutory Address:
PAIR OF CHEST TOMBS APPROXIMATELY 3 METRES SOUTH OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, CHURCH STREET

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Date:
2001-07-20
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1283457
Date first listed:
15-May-1989
Statutory Address 1:
PAIR OF CHEST TOMBS APPROXIMATELY 3 METRES SOUTH OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, CHURCH STREET

Location

Statutory Address:
PAIR OF CHEST TOMBS APPROXIMATELY 3 METRES SOUTH OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, CHURCH STREET

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

County:
Oxfordshire
District:
West Oxfordshire (District Authority)
Parish:
Idbury
National Grid Reference:
SP 23623 20035

Details

IDBURY CHURCH STREET SP22SW (North side) 6/105 Pair of chest tombs approx. 3m S of chancel of Church of St. Nicholas

GV II

Pair of chest tombs. Probably late Cl6. Limestone. Rectangular, north with cavetto-moulded capping and quatrefoil to west end; south with projecting knobs to capping and Gothic tracery pattern, including quatrefoils, to sides. No inscriptions visible at time of resurvey (July 1987). [2549]

Listing NGR: SP2362320037

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