Group of 5 Monuments in the Churchyard, 5 to 7 Metres South and South East of Chancel, Church of St Mary
GROUP OF 5 MONUMENTS IN THE CHURCHYARD, 5 TO 7 METRES SOUTH AND SOUTH EAST OF CHANCEL, CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1355984
- Date first listed:
- 03-Dec-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Group of 5 Monuments in the Churchyard, 5 to 7 Metres South and South East of Chancel, Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address:
- GROUP OF 5 MONUMENTS IN THE CHURCHYARD, 5 TO 7 METRES SOUTH AND SOUTH EAST OF CHANCEL, CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1355984
- Date first listed:
- 03-Dec-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Group of 5 Monuments in the Churchyard, 5 to 7 Metres South and South East of Chancel, Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address 1:
- GROUP OF 5 MONUMENTS IN THE CHURCHYARD, 5 TO 7 METRES SOUTH AND SOUTH EAST OF CHANCEL, CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH LANE
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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.
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:
- GROUP OF 5 MONUMENTS IN THE CHURCHYARD, 5 TO 7 METRES SOUTH AND SOUTH EAST OF CHANCEL, CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Sopworth
- National Grid Reference:
- ST8280286278
Details
ST 88 NW
2/152
SOPWORTH
CHURCH LANE
(north side)
Group of 5 monuments in the churchyard, 5-7m south and south-east of chancel,
Church of St Mary
GV
II
Five chest tombs. Early-late C18. Limestone. Lettered from east
to west
(a) Unidentified. Mid C18 with floral angle pilasters and raised
and fielded panels to south side framing inscription panel
with egg-and-dart frieze. North side collapsed at time of
resurvey (May 1986). Moulded plinth, cyma recta moulded
cornice to slab.
(b) Unidentified. Mid C18 with angle balusters, floral sprays
framing raised and fielded inscription panels to south side,
similar panel to north. Bead-and-reel moulding to cornice,
cyma recta moulded slab with gadrooned edge. Weather decay to
slab.
(c) Unidentified. Early C18 with floral sprays to angle
pilasters, large inscription panels to each side with swagged
decoration badly decayed and deeply projecting slab with
weather erosion.
(d) Unidentified. Mid C18. Angle and central pilasters forming 2
moulded inscription panels: single patera above each panel.
Deeply projecting cyma recta moulded slab.
(e) Unidentified. Late C18. End panels in one block to simulate
balusters, 2 panels to each side: oval to south, square with
cut away corners to north. Cyma recta moulded slab with
slight weathering.
Listing NGR: ST8280286278
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 318149
- 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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