Simpson Tomb St Marys Church

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SJ 78 SW 133/3/10003

ROSTHERNE ROSTHERNE LANE Simpson Tomb St Mary's Church

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Tomb. c.1861. Ashlar sandstone monument in the form of a diminutive spire carried on 4 columns with foliated capitals rising from the corners of a sloping gabled casket. The tomb is set on a low chamfered ashlar plinth, on which are set low ornamental railings. Between the columns spring 4 steep gables behind which rises the spire, now without a finial. The sides of the casket have recessed cusped rectangular panels, one bearing the inscription 'In memory of Mary, beloved wife of Joseph Simpson Esq. Of Didsbury, near Manchester who died 20th May 1861 aged 43 years.'

Listing NGR: SJ 74261 83637