Group Of 10 Chest Tombs Immediately To South And South-East Of Tower Of Church Of St John The Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1987. Tomb group.
Group Of 10 Chest Tombs Immediately To South And South-East Of Tower Of Church Of St John The Baptist
- WRENN ID
- tattered-render-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 October 1987
- Type
- Tomb group
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
RUYTON-XI-TOWNS C.P. CHURCH STREET (north SJ 32 SE side)
8/141 Group of 10 chest tombs - immediately to south and south-east of tower of Church of St. John the Baptist
GV II
Group of 10 chest tombs. Mid-C18 to early C19. Sandstone ashlar. Row of 5 very closely-spaced tombs aligned north-south with another 2 on same alignment immediately to west; 3 further tombs a few metres to south-east. Five in row have moulded plinths and capping with mixture of fluted and plain corner pilasters; carved floral motifs to ends. Inscriptions to top ledgers, ranging in date from 1780 to 1805, commemorating members of local families. North tomb has inscription panel to north face in memory of Richard Basnett of Wykey (died 1796), flanked by floral emblems; fluted fans to spandrels. No tombs to west also have inscriptions to top ledgers, southern dated 1739 and other illegible but probably roughly contemporary. Three tombs to south-east, c.1800, with mixture of fluted and plain corner pilasters and chamfered top ledgers. Recessed semi-circular inscription panels to long sides and oval-shaped discs to ends.
Listing NGR: SJ3947222149
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