MARY BYAM CHEST TOMB, ABOUT 6 METRES SOUTH OF CHANCEL, CHURCH OF ST JAMES THE GREAT
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1308187
Date first listed: 04-May-1984
Statutory Address: MARY BYAM CHEST TOMB, ABOUT 6 METRES SOUTH OF CHANCEL, CHURCH OF ST JAMES THE GREAT, CHURCH ROAD
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Location
Statutory Address: MARY BYAM CHEST TOMB, ABOUT 6 METRES SOUTH OF CHANCEL, CHURCH OF ST JAMES THE GREAT, CHURCH ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Somerset
District: Taunton Deane (District Authority)
Parish: Fitzhead
National Grid Reference: ST 11982 28378
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History
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Details
ST12NW FlTZHEAD CP
CHURCH ROAD (EAST SIDE)
6/104 Mary Byam chest tomb, about 6
metres south of chancel, Church
of St James the Great
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GV II
Chest tomb, mid C17. Ashlar sandstone. Ledge topped, moulded cornice. Apsidal ends, shield in cartouche East end, skull
and cross bones above hour glass framed by scythes West end. Inscribed Northside to Mary, wife of William Byam, died
1648; Southside illegible. Partially subsided and obscured by ivy at time of survey (March 1983). One of the finest
chest tombs in the district.
Listing NGR: ST1198228378
Legacy
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Legacy System number: 270315
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