Two Grave Covers Against South Wall Of Nave Of Church Of St John The Evangelist is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1988. Grave cover.
Two Grave Covers Against South Wall Of Nave Of Church Of St John The Evangelist
- WRENN ID
- lunar-thatch-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1988
- Type
- Grave cover
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
NZ 23 SE SPENNYMOOR FRONT STREET (North side) Kirk Merrington
6/43 (inset)
Two grave covers against south wall of nave of Church of St. John the Evangelist
GV
II
Two grave covers c.2 and 6 metres east of south porch. Late C12 or early C13. Sandstone ashlar. Coped slabs c.1.5 metres long, with carving resembling overlapping planks; ridges end in slots for uprights at each end, and have circular cross-head termini at each end. The second also has drilled holes in end sockets.
Source: P.F. Ryder, The Medieval Cross Slab Grave Cover in Co. Durham, Durham 1985, p.101.
(Architectural and Archaeological Society of Northumberland and Durham, Research Report No. 1).
Listing NGR: NZ2621331454
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