TOMB OF THOMAS BOTFIELD AND RAILINGS 35 METRES SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1383543
Date first listed:: 29-Feb-2000
List Entry Name:: TOMB OF THOMAS BOTFIELD AND RAILINGS 35 METRES SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL
Statutory Address:: TOMB OF THOMAS BOTFIELD AND RAILINGS 35 METRES SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1383543
Date first listed:: 29-Feb-2000
List Entry Name:: TOMB OF THOMAS BOTFIELD AND RAILINGS 35 METRES SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL
Statutory Address 1:: TOMB OF THOMAS BOTFIELD AND RAILINGS 35 METRES SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL

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Statutory Address:: TOMB OF THOMAS BOTFIELD AND RAILINGS 35 METRES SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL

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District:: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Hopton Wafers
National Grid Reference:: SO 63721 76502

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HOPTON WAFERS

SO6376 Tomb of Thomas Botfield and 582-1/10/130 railings 35 metres south of Church of St Michael

GV II

Tomb and surrounding railings. Mid C19. Sandstone ashlar and brick. Iron railings. Sarcophagus-style memorial set on large ashlar-clad square brick tomb. Sarcophagus: pyramid lid with ball-flower finial. Inclined sides with simple incised border, all raised on lions' feet standing clear of plain plinth. Plinth standing on ashlar cambered-roofed tomb with corniced eaves. 3 raised plain ashlar cladding panels on each side with 2 inset round pilaster shafts between panels. Inscribed panel to south. Railings: spear-head diagonally-set standards, top rails with urn finials on round-section corner standards and at mid-length. All set in plain stone plinth. Commemorates Thomas Botfield d.1843 and Lucy his wife d.1856. Thomas Botfield was of the family of Shropshire ironmasters and a notable local benefactor, patron, and pioneer in the application of iron; cf The Iron House, and Church of St Michael, Hopton Wafers.

Listing NGR: SO6372176502

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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.