Richard Payne Knight Monument About 10 Yards North East Of North East Corner Of The Church Of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1988. Monument.
Richard Payne Knight Monument About 10 Yards North East Of North East Corner Of The Church Of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- small-turret-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1988
- Type
- Monument
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
WORMSLEY CP
SO 44 NW 4/79
Richard Payne Knight monument about 10 yards north-east of north-east corner of the Church of St Mary
GV II
Chest tomb. Dated 1824. Limestone with large prominent fossils and finer grained end and side panels. Austere Neo-Classical style. High base on chamfered plinth supports chest tomb with recessed margins to side and end panels. Low hipped capping. Inscription in incised lettering on east side:
RICARDO PAYNE KNIGHT PER PLVRIMOS ANNOS SENATORII ORDINIS MAGNAVI INGENII ET SINGVLARI INDUVSTRIA PRAEDITO OVI E FONTIBUS FERE RECONDITIS GRAECAS LITERAS HAVSIT NON TAMEN HIS TOTVM SE DEDIT QVIPPE IN SYLVIS ET CONVALLIBVS CVRVQUE FLVMINVM CONTEMPLANDO MVLTVM STVDII QVO VALDE DELECTABATVR PENEBAT INTER AMICOS AVTORITATE GRAVIS ERVDITOS IN SERMONE FAMILIARI PRIMAS TENVIT OVEM LEPORE ORNABAT ET LITERIS EXAVISITIS DE REPVBLICA BENE MERITVS SIQVIDEM PRETIOSA QVE SCIENTER COMPARAVERAT ANTIQVAE ARTIS EXEMPLA IN MUSEO BRITANNICO COLLOCARI TESTAMENTO SVO CURAVIT MORT: OB: ANN: AETAT: LXXIV: AS: MDCCCXXIV BENEFICO ADMODVM ET LIBERALI VIRO EIDEM FRATRI OPTIMO FRATER AMANTISSIMUS MONVMENTUM HOC PONI INSCRIBIQVE VOLVIT
(BoE, p 326).
Listing NGR: SO4276247802
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