Group of three chest tombs approximately 33m south of the south porch, Church of St Peter and St Paul
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1345082
- Date first listed:
- 25-Jun-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Group of three chest tombs approximately 33m south of the south porch, Church of St Peter and St Paul
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1345082
- Date first listed:
- 25-Jun-1986
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 22-Jan-2013
- List Entry Name:
- Group of three chest tombs approximately 33m south of the south porch, Church of St Peter and St Paul
- Location Description:
- The tombs are situated some 33m to the south of the south porch of the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Kilmersdon.
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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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Kilmersdon
- National Grid Reference:
- ST6961952383
Summary
Three commemorative tombs of the late C17 and mid- to late C18.
Reasons for Designation
The group of three tombs in the churchyard of the Church of St Peter and St Paul is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Architectural interest: as good examples of late-C18 chest tombs; for their design, carving and commemoration of prominent local families;
* Group value: with each other and with other listed funerary monuments in the churchyard as well as the Grade I listed Church of St Peter and St Paul;
* Design: the chest tombs in churchyard represent a good and extensive collection of classical and local traditional tomb forms.
History
The village of Kilmersdon is situated in a hollow some 2 miles to the south of Radstock. Its parish church, dedicated to St Peter and St Paul (Grade I), was founded in the Norman period, but the fabric is substantially C15/C16 with C19 restoration. The churchyard contains a number of noteworthy tombs of C17 and C18 date.
Details
All are of dressed limestone and are rectangular in plan with weathered, hipped slab tops.
The southernmost tomb, to members of the Moore family, dates from the late C17 and early C18. It has a moulded plinth with fielded pilasters to the corners and the centre of the north and south sides. Between the pilasters to the north and south faces are inscribed slate panels with floral ornament. The cornice is moulded and the frieze has floral emblems set in small square panels.
Some 4m to the north-east is a late-C18 chest tomb to the Greenhill family. It has pilasters with incised panels and there are two inscribed lias panels of to both the north and south faces, although one of the southern panels is missing. The cornice has a moulded edge as does the slab top. The inscriptions are largely weathered away, but the names of Sarah and Benjamin Greenhill and the date of 1786 are discernible.
The third tomb, a monument to the Board family, is located immediately to the north-east. It has mid and corner pilasters with roll mouldings and plain central panels; inscribed fielded panels to the north and south faces. The earliest decipherable date to the north face is 1758 for Mary Board; the inscriptions to the south face are largely illegible. The west face has a panel with a shaped cartouche with carved foliate decoration above. The cornice, which is broken (2012), is plain.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 267944
- 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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