Thirteen Tombs and Nineteen Tomb Stones Flanking Churchyard Path to United Reformed Church

THIRTEEN TOMBS AND NINETEEN TOMB STONES FLANKING CHURCHYARD PATH TO UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, HORN LANE

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1309382
Date first listed:
30-Sept-1985
List Entry Name:
Thirteen Tombs and Nineteen Tomb Stones Flanking Churchyard Path to United Reformed Church
Statutory Address:
THIRTEEN TOMBS AND NINETEEN TOMB STONES FLANKING CHURCHYARD PATH TO UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, HORN LANE

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Date:
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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1309382
Date first listed:
30-Sept-1985
List Entry Name:
Thirteen Tombs and Nineteen Tomb Stones Flanking Churchyard Path to United Reformed Church
Statutory Address 1:
THIRTEEN TOMBS AND NINETEEN TOMB STONES FLANKING CHURCHYARD PATH TO UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, HORN LANE

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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.

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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.

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Statutory Address:
THIRTEEN TOMBS AND NINETEEN TOMB STONES FLANKING CHURCHYARD PATH TO UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, HORN LANE

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

County:
Cambridgeshire
District:
South Cambridgeshire (District Authority)
Parish:
Linton
National Grid Reference:
TL 56033 46655

Details

TL 5646 LINTON HORN LANE (South-West Side)

16/176 Thirteen tombs and nineteen tomb stones flanking churchyard path to United Reformed Church

GV II

Thirteen chest tombs and obelisks and nineteen tomb stones. C19, flanking churchyard path a----i on south-east side, j---m on north-west side; distances measured in feet from north-west wall of chapel. (a) c.nine feet. Obelisk, limestone, draped urn on pedestal with moulded base and an inscription to Mary wife of Joseph Garrett 1861; (b) c.fourteen feet. Chest tomb, limestone, moulded plinth with fluted quoins, panels inscribed to John Stevenson Blackman 1834 and others; (c) c.nineteen feet. Obelisk, limestone, square plan with diagonal buttresses and stepped cap, inscription in foiled panel to Jane Ward 1863; (d) c.twenty-four feet. Chest tomb, limestone, moulded plinth with fluted quoins and panels inscribed to Thomas Gayfen 1881; (e) c.thirty-one feet. Obelisk, limestone, square plan with angle buttresses, stepped cap and finial with inscriptions in foiled panel to John Wilkinson of Hadstock Hall, 1876 and others; (f) c.forty-eight feet. Chest tomb, limestone, moulded plinth with fluted quoins, and panels inscribed to William Foster 1842 and others; (g) c.fifty-seven feet. Chest tomb limestone, moulded plinth with fluted quoins, and panels inscribed to Joseph Stallbrass 1852 and others; (h) c.sixty-two feet. Obelisk, limestone, square plan with needle on pedestal with stepped base inscribed on raised panels to William Hales 1871 and others; (i) c.sixty-seven feet. Chest tomb, limestone, with moulded plinth, fluted quoins, and panels inscribed to William Dweey 1887 and others; (j) c.nineteen feet. Chest tomb, limestone and marble, moulded plinth, fluted quoins, and oval marble panels inscribed to John Kidman 1828 and others; (k) c.twenty-four feet. Chest tomb, limestone, on moulded plinth with fluted quoins, and panels inscribed to Daniel Taylor 1827 and others; (l) c.thirty-five feet. Chest tomb, limestone, with moulded plinth, fluted quoins and panels inscribed to Buck Smoothy of Hadstock 1835 and others; (m) c.forty feet. Chest tomb, limestone, on moulded plinth with fluted quoins and panels inscribed to George Nichols 1831 and others. The item also includes nineteen tomb stones with C19 dated inscriptions.

Listing NGR: TL5603346655

Legacy

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Legacy System number:
51990
Legacy System:
LBS

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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.

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