Martyn Monument at SX 407613
MARTYN MONUMENT AT SX 407613
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1329308
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jan-1968
- Statutory Address:
- MARTYN MONUMENT AT SX 407613
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- 2001-08-22
- Reference:
- IOE01/05090/12
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1329308
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jan-1968
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 19-Oct-1987
- Statutory Address 1:
- MARTYN MONUMENT AT SX 407613
Location
- Statutory Address:
- MARTYN MONUMENT AT SX 407613
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Botusfleming
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 40830 61386
Details
BOTUS FLEMING SX 46 SW 6/7 Martyn monument at SX 407613 (formerly listed as obelisk in 23.1.68 field north east of Church) II Chest tomb with obelisk. C18. Limestone with enclosure of cast iron railings. The chest tomb is square on plan and has a moulded plinth, with a flat plain lid; obelisk on chamfered plinth set on top of the tomb. On the side of the tomb is a long explanatory inscription, stating that William Martyn knew "no superstitious veneration for church or churchyard" and preferred to be buried in unconsecrated ground. To William Martyn, 1762. The tomb is set on a rubble plinth with granite coping, surmounted by cast iron railings with spike finials. Sources: Pevsner, N : Buildings of England: Cornwall 1970.
Listing NGR: SX4083061386
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 60759
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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