UNIDENTIFIED CHEST TOMB IN CHURCHYARD, ABOUT 3 METRES SOUTH OF PORCH, CHURCH OF ST AUGUISTINE
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II*
List Entry Number: 1307458
Date first listed: 17-May-1985
Statutory Address: UNIDENTIFIED CHEST TOMB IN CHURCHYARD, ABOUT 3 METRES SOUTH OF PORCH, CHURCH OF ST AUGUISTINE
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Location
Statutory Address: UNIDENTIFIED CHEST TOMB IN CHURCHYARD, ABOUT 3 METRES SOUTH OF PORCH, CHURCH OF ST AUGUISTINE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Somerset
District: Taunton Deane (District Authority)
Parish: West Monkton
National Grid Reference: ST 26304 28440
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
Legacy
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Legacy System number: 270751
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.
End of official listing