Group of 3 Chest Tombs One Metre South of Church of St Margaret

GROUP OF 3 CHEST TOMBS ONE METRE SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST MARGARET

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1383595
Date first listed:
29-Feb-2000
List Entry Name:
Group of 3 Chest Tombs One Metre South of Church of St Margaret
Statutory Address:
GROUP OF 3 CHEST TOMBS ONE METRE SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST MARGARET
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Date:
2007-07-18
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1383595
Date first listed:
29-Feb-2000
List Entry Name:
Group of 3 Chest Tombs One Metre South of Church of St Margaret
Statutory Address 1:
GROUP OF 3 CHEST TOMBS ONE METRE SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST MARGARET

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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.

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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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
GROUP OF 3 CHEST TOMBS ONE METRE SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST MARGARET

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

District:
Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Abdon and Heath
National Grid Reference:
SO 57534 86599

Details

ABDON

SO58NE Group of 3 Chest Tombs one metre
482-1/1/6 south of Church of St Margaret


GV II

Group of 3 chest tombs. Early to mid C19. Sandstone ashlar.
Chest tomb to north: plain lid with fillet and beaded edge.
Plain corner piers and end panels. Side panels with
semicircular scribed fielded inscription panel. Plain
chamfered plinth inset below panels. Commemorates Robert
Bright, d.1819 and Mary his wife, d.1797.
Chest tomb to centre: plain lid with beaded edge. Corner piers
with vertical bands of horizontal fluting. Plain end and side
panels. Plain chamfered plinth. Commemorates J... wife of
Thomas Bradley, d.1814.
Chest tomb to south: cambered lid. Plain corner piers. Plain
end and side panels. Plain chamfered plinth inset below
panels. Commemorates Thomas Bradley, d.1841 and Robert
Bradley, d.1869.




Listing NGR: SO5753486599

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
484027
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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