Chest Tomb Approximately 2 Metres South West of Porch of Church of St Thomas Beckett

CHEST TOMB APPROXIMATELY 2 METRES SOUTH WEST OF PORCH OF CHURCH OF ST THOMAS BECKETT

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1320115
Date first listed:
09-Apr-1987
Statutory Address:
CHEST TOMB APPROXIMATELY 2 METRES SOUTH WEST OF PORCH OF CHURCH OF ST THOMAS BECKETT
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Date:
2003-12-04
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1320115
Date first listed:
09-Apr-1987
Statutory Address 1:
CHEST TOMB APPROXIMATELY 2 METRES SOUTH WEST OF PORCH OF CHURCH OF ST THOMAS BECKETT

Location

Statutory Address:
CHEST TOMB APPROXIMATELY 2 METRES SOUTH WEST OF PORCH OF CHURCH OF ST THOMAS BECKETT

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

County:
Warwickshire
District:
Stratford-on-Avon (District Authority)
Parish:
Sutton-under-Brailes
National Grid Reference:
SP 29884 37402

Details

SUTTON UNDER BRAILES SP23NE 2/131 Chest tomb approx. 2m SW of porch of Church of St. Thomas Beckett

GV II

Chest tomb. Dated 1675. Limestone, with chamfered plinth and moulded ledger. Side and end panels have richly carved cornucopiae. (V.C.H.) 0xfordshire, Vol.5, p.159; Buildings of England Warwickshire, p,430).

Listing NGR: SP2988437402

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Doubleday, AH, Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Warwick, (1949), 159
Pevsner, N, Wedgwood, A, The Buildings of England: Warwickshire, (1966), 430

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