UNIDENTIFIED CHEST TOMB IN CHURCHYARD, ABOUT 3 METRES SOUTH OF PORCH, CHURCH OF ST AUGUISTINE

List Entry Summary

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Name: UNIDENTIFIED CHEST TOMB IN CHURCHYARD, ABOUT 3 METRES SOUTH OF PORCH, CHURCH OF ST AUGUISTINE

List entry Number: 1307458

Location

UNIDENTIFIED CHEST TOMB IN CHURCHYARD, ABOUT 3 METRES SOUTH OF PORCH, CHURCH OF ST AUGUISTINE

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

County: Somerset

District: Taunton Deane

District Type: District Authority

Parish: West Monkton

National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.

Grade: II*

Date first listed: 17-May-1985

Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.

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Legacy System: LBS

UID: 270751

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Details

ST22NE WEST MONKTON CP WEST MONKTON VILLAGE

6/207 Unidentified chest tomb in churchyard, about 3 metres South of porch, Church of St Augustine

GV II*

Chest tomb. Late C17. Ham stone. Flat topped, frieze ornately carved with lions' masks, diamonds and rosettes, segmental headed bays with decorated spandrels set between caryatids on North and South faces, cartouche below angel's ead at East end, scull and cross bones West end partially sunk below ground. Inscriptions no longer legible but date 1683/8 is discernable on North face. A very handsome chest tomb.

Listing NGR: ST2630428440

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National Grid Reference: ST 26304 28440

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