Memorial to Johnathan Couch in Couch Burial Ground 30 Metres to West of Chy Chapel
MEMORIAL TO JOHNATHAN COUCH IN COUCH BURIAL GROUND 30 METRES TO WEST OF CHY CHAPEL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1329034
- Date first listed:
- 26-Mar-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Memorial to Johnathan Couch in Couch Burial Ground 30 Metres to West of Chy Chapel
- Statutory Address:
- MEMORIAL TO JOHNATHAN COUCH IN COUCH BURIAL GROUND 30 METRES TO WEST OF CHY CHAPEL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1329034
- Date first listed:
- 26-Mar-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Memorial to Johnathan Couch in Couch Burial Ground 30 Metres to West of Chy Chapel
- Statutory Address 1:
- MEMORIAL TO JOHNATHAN COUCH IN COUCH BURIAL GROUND 30 METRES TO WEST OF CHY CHAPEL
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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.
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- MEMORIAL TO JOHNATHAN COUCH IN COUCH BURIAL GROUND 30 METRES TO WEST OF CHY CHAPEL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Polperro
- National Grid Reference:
- SX1776252199
Details
LANSALLOS
SX 15 SE
3/7 Memorial to Jonathan Couch in
burial ground 30m to west of Chy
Chapel
II
Churchyard memorial. 1870. In memory of Jonathan Couch FLS and also wife, Jane
Quiller who died in 1857. Granite obelisk on tall plinth with moulded cornice and
square base.
Jonathan Couch (1789-1870), celebrated Cornish naturalist, doctor, apothecary,
classical scholar, zoologist, botanist, itchthyologist and archaeologist.
Contributed much to scientific knowledge in the C19 publishing works which included;
Cornish Fauna, 1838, The History of the Fishes of the British Isles 4 vols, 1862-1865
and a Calendar of Natural History observed at Polperro 1842. In 1871 his son, Thomas
Quiller Couch published his father's notes on The History of Polperro. See also
Couch's House, Lansallos Street, Polperro.
Couch, Bertha The life of Jonathan Couch 1891
Couch, J The History of Polperro 1871
de Burlet, S Portrait of Polperro 1977
Lanyon, A The Rooks of Trelawne 1976
Listing NGR: SX1776252199
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 61471
- 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.
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