GROUP OF 4 CHEST TOMBS TO SOUTH EAST OF LYCH GATE, PARISH CHURCH OF ST SWITHUN'S

GROUP OF 4 CHEST TOMBS TO SOUTH EAST OF LYCH GATE, PARISH CHURCH OF ST SWITHUN'S, CHURCH STREET

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1311923
Date first listed:: 19-Oct-1983
List Entry Name:: GROUP OF 4 CHEST TOMBS TO SOUTH EAST OF LYCH GATE, PARISH CHURCH OF ST SWITHUN'S
Statutory Address:: GROUP OF 4 CHEST TOMBS TO SOUTH EAST OF LYCH GATE, PARISH CHURCH OF ST SWITHUN'S, CHURCH STREET

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1311923
Date first listed:: 19-Oct-1983
List Entry Name:: GROUP OF 4 CHEST TOMBS TO SOUTH EAST OF LYCH GATE, PARISH CHURCH OF ST SWITHUN'S
Statutory Address 1:: GROUP OF 4 CHEST TOMBS TO SOUTH EAST OF LYCH GATE, PARISH CHURCH OF ST SWITHUN'S, CHURCH STREET

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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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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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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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Location

Statutory Address:: GROUP OF 4 CHEST TOMBS TO SOUTH EAST OF LYCH GATE, PARISH CHURCH OF ST SWITHUN'S, CHURCH STREET

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

District:: Bath and North East Somerset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Bathford
National Grid Reference:: ST7880066640

Details

ST 7866-7966 9/45

BATHFORD C.P. CHURCH STREET (South-east side) Group of 4 chest tombs to south-east of lych-gate, Parish Church of St. Swithun's.

G.V. II

4 chest tombs. Late C18th and early C19th. Ashlar. Panelled sides and moulded cornice. (1) and (2) Fluted pilasters with paterae and decorative frieze. Inscribed (illegible) panels. (3) 1810. Inscribed panels. (4) Mid- late C18th. Carved foliage on corner pilasters; decorative frieze; central oval panel. The chest tombs in Bathford churchyard represent a good and extensive collection of classical, and traditional local tomb forms and contribute greatly to the setting of the church.

Listing NGR: ST7880066640

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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.