Group Of 4 Headstones Approximately 5 Metres West Of Church Of St. Mary is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. Headstones.

Group Of 4 Headstones Approximately 5 Metres West Of Church Of St. Mary

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Country
England
Type
Headstones
Source
Historic England listing

Description

STAINDROP FRONT STREET NZ 1320 (North side) 18/131 Group of 4 headstones approximately 5 metres west of Church of St. Mary

GV II

4 headstones. Circa 1702 for Ralph ? Lawson, 1748 for William Awde, 1768 for Ralph Sidgwick and 1778 for William Wheatley. Sandstone ashlar. Sidgwick and Wheatley facing east, the others facing west and backing onto them.

  1. Sidgwick at south-east of group: slab c.O.9 metre high, moulded with pediment and deeply-cut inscription.

  2. Wheatley at north-east: slab c.1 metre high with bracketed scrolled top, the scrolls linked by swags on tooled background, and well-cut inscription. Verse on rear.

  3. Awde at south-west: shaped-top slab c.0.7 metre high with moulded surround.

  4. ? Lawson. Scroll-topped slab c.0.5 metre high with ogee-patterned edge moulding; low-relief face between top spirals, with 17 and 02 either side. Large-lettered inscription, partly obscured by vegetation, continues up sides and on rear.

All 4 include other members of the families.

Listing NGR: NZ1308020626

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