Battishill Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Michael
BATTISHILL CHEST TOMB APPROXIMATELY 4 METRES SOUTH OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, DRAYDOWN HILL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1305384
- Date first listed:
- 04-Mar-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Battishill Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Michael
- Statutory Address:
- BATTISHILL CHEST TOMB APPROXIMATELY 4 METRES SOUTH OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, DRAYDOWN HILL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1305384
- Date first listed:
- 04-Mar-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Battishill Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Michael
- Statutory Address 1:
- BATTISHILL CHEST TOMB APPROXIMATELY 4 METRES SOUTH OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, DRAYDOWN HILL
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- BATTISHILL CHEST TOMB APPROXIMATELY 4 METRES SOUTH OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, DRAYDOWN HILL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- West Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Spreyton
- National Grid Reference:
- SX6975296715
Details
SX 69 NE
1/268
SPREYTON
DRAYDOWN HILL, Spreyton
Battishall chest tomb
approximately 4 metres south of
Chancel of Church of St Mary
GV
II
Chest tomb. Dated 1733 in memory of William Battishill. Red brick with grey basalt
lid. Rectangular in section with plain sides apart from a central projecting string
course and soffit-chamfered cornice it has a plain flat lid. The top is inscribed
with Roman serif upper and lower case lettering and records the death of William
Battishill in 1733. A secondary slate plaque on the north side is inscribed with
similar lettering and records the deaths of another William, nephew of the above, in
1760 and his wife Mary in 1778. 1733 is an unusually early use of brick for this
part of Devon.
Listing NGR: SX6975296715
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 95076
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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