SYMES CHEST TOMB, 7 METRES WEST SOUTH WEST OF WEST DOOR, CHURCH OF SAINT MARY MAGDALENE

SYMES CHEST TOMB, 7 METRES WEST SOUTH WEST OF WEST DOOR, CHURCH OF SAINT MARY MAGDALENE, CHURCH LANE

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1345785
Date first listed:: 29-Aug-1984
List Entry Name:: SYMES CHEST TOMB, 7 METRES WEST SOUTH WEST OF WEST DOOR, CHURCH OF SAINT MARY MAGDALENE
Statutory Address:: SYMES CHEST TOMB, 7 METRES WEST SOUTH WEST OF WEST DOOR, CHURCH OF SAINT MARY MAGDALENE, CHURCH LANE

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1345785
Date first listed:: 29-Aug-1984
List Entry Name:: SYMES CHEST TOMB, 7 METRES WEST SOUTH WEST OF WEST DOOR, CHURCH OF SAINT MARY MAGDALENE
Statutory Address 1:: SYMES CHEST TOMB, 7 METRES WEST SOUTH WEST OF WEST DOOR, CHURCH OF SAINT MARY MAGDALENE, CHURCH LANE

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.

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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:: SYMES CHEST TOMB, 7 METRES WEST SOUTH WEST OF WEST DOOR, CHURCH OF SAINT MARY MAGDALENE, CHURCH LANE

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

District:: Somerset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Barwick and Stoford
National Grid Reference:: ST 55775 13864

Details

ST51SE BARWICK CP CHURCH LANE (South side)

5/3 Symes chest tomb, 7 metres West South West of West door, Church of Saint Mary Magelene -

GV II

Chest tomb. Early C19. Ham stone. Raised base, moulded plinth, one fielded panel each face with coffered pilasters to flanks, fairly thin moulded hipped top. Commemorates David Symes; died 1821; his widow, died 1839 and also Julietter Highmor Symes, died 1817. Seems to be a conscious copy of the early Highmor chest tomb nearby (qv).

Listing NGR: ST5577513864

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Legacy System number:: 263561
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.