Headstone to Elizabeth Baylis located approximately 20 metres to the east of the chancel of the Church of St Lawrence
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1419345
- Date first listed:
- 16-Apr-2014
- List Entry Name:
- Headstone to Elizabeth Baylis located approximately 20 metres to the east of the chancel of the Church of St Lawrence
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1419345
- Date first listed:
- 16-Apr-2014
- List Entry Name:
- Headstone to Elizabeth Baylis located approximately 20 metres to the east of the chancel of the Church of St Lawrence
- Location Description:
- Headstone to Elizabeth Baylis located approximately 20 metres to the east of the chancel of the Church of St Lawrence, Barnwood, Gloucester
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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Gloucester (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SO8587417753
Summary
The headstone to Elizabeth Baylis lies approximately 20m east of the chancel of the Church of St Lawrence. It is dated 1635 and is constructed of sandstone.
Reasons for Designation
The headstone to Elizabeth Baylis located approximately 20m to the east of the chancel of the Church of St Lawrence, and dated 1635, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: a rare example of a pre-1650 headstone that illustrates the history of St Lawrence’s churchyard;
* Decorative quality: the headstone exhibits good craftsmanship with decorative cusped and scrolled carvings;
* Inscription: the inscription clearly identifies Elizabeth Baylis and the date of death, and includes an epitaph of Latin verse;
* Group value: it has group value with the Church of St Lawrence (Grade II*).
History
The parish church of St Lawrence (Grade II*) was founded in the C12. The north aisle and chancel were added in the C13, and the tower and Lady Chapel were built in the early C16. There were further alterations in the 1860s when the chancel was largely rebuilt, and in 1874-78 the church was restored.
The headstone at the eastern edge of the churchyard commemorates Elizabeth Baylis who died in 1635.
Details
The headstone to Elizabeth Baylis lies approximately 20 metres east of the chancel of the Church of St Lawrence. It is dated 1635 and is constructed of sandstone. It has a shaped top with cusped and scrolled carvings; the scroll to the left-hand side no longer survives. The recessed inscription panel reads: “MORS VITA/HERE LYETH/THE BODY OF ELIZA/BETH WIFE OF THOMAS/BAYLIS SHE DIED DE:18/1635 non habemus hic/civitarem manentem sed/futuram ???imus 13:14”
Sources
Websites
Wishful Thinking, accessed from http://places.wishful-thinking.org.uk/GLS/Barnwood/MIElizabethBaylis.html
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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