GROUP OF 3 BALE TOPPED CHEST TOMBS APPROXIMATELY 1 METRE SOUTH OF NAVE OF CHURCH OF ST JAMES THE GREAT

GROUP OF 3 BALE TOPPED CHEST TOMBS APPROXIMATELY 1 METRE SOUTH OF NAVE OF CHURCH OF ST JAMES THE GREAT, CHURCH LANE

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1367706
Date first listed:: 21-Aug-1989
List Entry Name:: GROUP OF 3 BALE TOPPED CHEST TOMBS APPROXIMATELY 1 METRE SOUTH OF NAVE OF CHURCH OF ST JAMES THE GREAT
Statutory Address:: GROUP OF 3 BALE TOPPED CHEST TOMBS APPROXIMATELY 1 METRE SOUTH OF NAVE OF CHURCH OF ST JAMES THE GREAT, CHURCH LANE

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1367706
Date first listed:: 21-Aug-1989
List Entry Name:: GROUP OF 3 BALE TOPPED CHEST TOMBS APPROXIMATELY 1 METRE SOUTH OF NAVE OF CHURCH OF ST JAMES THE GREAT
Statutory Address 1:: GROUP OF 3 BALE TOPPED CHEST TOMBS APPROXIMATELY 1 METRE SOUTH OF NAVE OF CHURCH OF ST JAMES THE GREAT, CHURCH LANE

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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.

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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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Statutory Address:: GROUP OF 3 BALE TOPPED CHEST TOMBS APPROXIMATELY 1 METRE SOUTH OF NAVE OF CHURCH OF ST JAMES THE GREAT, CHURCH LANE

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

County:: Oxfordshire
District:: West Oxfordshire (District Authority)
Parish:: Fulbrook
National Grid Reference:: SP2584113027

Details

FULBROOK SP2513 11/45

CHURCH LANE (East side) Group of 3 bale-topped chest tombs approx. 1m S of nave of Church of St. James the Great

GV II

Group of 3 chest tombs. First chest tomb. Circa 1729. Stone. Rectangular. Chamfer-edged slab and plain bale to top. Second chest tomb. Probably C18. Stone. Rectangular plain chest with cornice-moulded slab and plain bale to top. Third chest tomb. Probably early C18. Stone. Winged heads and swags to sides with panels to left and right having lozenges. Inscribed panel to West end with oval wreathed surround. Oval cartouche with rococo scroll surround to east end. Spiral-moulded bale top with shell ends, that to west with skull.

Listing NGR: SP2584113027

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Legacy System number:: 253602
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.