GROUP OF 13 CHEST TOMBS APPROXIMATELY 25 METRES SOUTH SOUTH WEST, 32 METRES SOUTH AND 32 METRES SOUTH SOUTH WEST OF SOUTH TRANSEPT OF CHURCH OF ST MARY

GROUP OF 13 CHEST TOMBS APPROXIMATELY 25 METRES SOUTH SOUTH WEST, 32 METRES SOUTH AND 32 METRES SOUTH SOUTH WEST OF SOUTH TRANSEPT OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH GREEN

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1289653
Date first listed:: 03-Mar-1988
List Entry Name:: GROUP OF 13 CHEST TOMBS APPROXIMATELY 25 METRES SOUTH SOUTH WEST, 32 METRES SOUTH AND 32 METRES SOUTH SOUTH WEST OF SOUTH TRANSEPT OF CHURCH OF ST MARY
Statutory Address:: GROUP OF 13 CHEST TOMBS APPROXIMATELY 25 METRES SOUTH SOUTH WEST, 32 METRES SOUTH AND 32 METRES SOUTH SOUTH WEST OF SOUTH TRANSEPT OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH GREEN

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1289653
Date first listed:: 03-Mar-1988
List Entry Name:: GROUP OF 13 CHEST TOMBS APPROXIMATELY 25 METRES SOUTH SOUTH WEST, 32 METRES SOUTH AND 32 METRES SOUTH SOUTH WEST OF SOUTH TRANSEPT OF CHURCH OF ST MARY
Statutory Address 1:: GROUP OF 13 CHEST TOMBS APPROXIMATELY 25 METRES SOUTH SOUTH WEST, 32 METRES SOUTH AND 32 METRES SOUTH SOUTH WEST OF SOUTH TRANSEPT OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH GREEN

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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:: GROUP OF 13 CHEST TOMBS APPROXIMATELY 25 METRES SOUTH SOUTH WEST, 32 METRES SOUTH AND 32 METRES SOUTH SOUTH WEST OF SOUTH TRANSEPT OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH GREEN

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

County:: Oxfordshire
District:: West Oxfordshire (District Authority)
Parish:: Witney
National Grid Reference:: SP 35632 09198

Details

WITNEY CHURCH GREEN SP3509S (South side) 11/65 Group of 13 chest tombs approx. 25m. SSW, 32m. S and 32m. SSW of S transept of Church of St. Mary GV II 13 chest tombs. Chest tomb approximately 25 metres south-south-west, Late C18. Limestone. Fielded pilaster panels flank revealed inscription panel; moulded plinth, cornice and top. Commemorates John Druce and wife. d.1791, Chest tomb. approximately 32 metres south. Date 1811. Limestone. Beaded oval inscription panel with foliate carving in spandrels; reverse side has fluted pilasters flanking similar panel with roses carved in spandrels; moulded plinth and cornice. Three chest tombs, approximately 32 metres south-south-west Late C18-early C19. Limestone. Early C19 tomb to east has moulded plinth, cornice and top; raised pilasters, carved with swags of foliage, flank beaded oval inscription panel with angels and palm sprays carved in spandrels; similar reverse side with delicate scrolls and bay leaf carving. Tomb to north-west, with fielded pilaster panels and beaded revealed inscription panels and moulded plinth, cornice and top, has 1790s dates. Similar tomb to south-west. Eight C18 and Cl9 chest tombs are not of special architectural interest.

Listing NGR: SP3563209198

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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.