Harrier Hound Monument to Methusalah Yates in Churchyard to South of Church of St. Nicholas With St. John
HARRIER HOUND MONUMENT TO METHUSALAH YATES IN CHURCHYARD TO SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST. NICHOLAS WITH ST. JOHN, CHURCH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1390506
- Date first listed:
- 09-May-2003
- List Entry Name:
- Harrier Hound Monument to Methusalah Yates in Churchyard to South of Church of St. Nicholas With St. John
- Statutory Address:
- HARRIER HOUND MONUMENT TO METHUSALAH YATES IN CHURCHYARD TO SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST. NICHOLAS WITH ST. JOHN, CHURCH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1390506
- Date first listed:
- 09-May-2003
- List Entry Name:
- Harrier Hound Monument to Methusalah Yates in Churchyard to South of Church of St. Nicholas With St. John
- Statutory Address 1:
- HARRIER HOUND MONUMENT TO METHUSALAH YATES IN CHURCHYARD TO SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST. NICHOLAS WITH ST. JOHN, CHURCH STREET
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.
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:
- HARRIER HOUND MONUMENT TO METHUSALAH YATES IN CHURCHYARD TO SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST. NICHOLAS WITH ST. JOHN, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- Rossendale (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 83420 22290
Details
255/0/10022 CHURCH STREET 09-MAY-03 Newchurch Harrier Hound Monument to Methusalah Y ates in churchyard to south of Church of St. Nicholas with St. John
GV II* Monument. Dated 1864. Ashlar. Moulded pedestal on base has austere block on top with inscription panels to side and deeply cut relief lunettes on ends carved with trophies of objects of the chase. Lying on top is a particularly well-sculpted harrier hound. The austere base enhances the lifelike quality of the animal. The inscriptions read: 'Sacred to the memory of OLD THU (METHUSALAH YATES) DIED 27TH FEBRUARY 1864. AGED 78 YEARS. He was a Huntsman of Harriers for 50 years, five and twenty of which were by the Rossendale Hunt' and 'Erected by the members of the Rossendale Hunt'.
This fine quality and very unusual monument forms a group with the Church of St. Nicholas with St. John (qv).
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 490407
- 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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