Beeston Memorial Approximately 23 Metres To South East Of Tower Of Church Of Saint Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. A C19 Memorial.
Beeston Memorial Approximately 23 Metres To South East Of Tower Of Church Of Saint Mary
- WRENN ID
- third-foundation-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1987
- Type
- Memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SJ 6634-6734 13/35
MARKET DRAYTON C.P. CHURCH STREET (south-east side) Beeston memorial approx. 23 metres to south-east of tower of Church of Saint Mary
GV II
Pedestal tomb with canopy. Dated 1846. Grey sandstone ashlar. Square base with step. Pedestal with moulded plinth, recessed side panels, pilaster strips with vertical incised ornament and moulded corners, moulded cornice, and amphora finial (reset in C20 cement base) with gadrooned lower parts and Greek key ornament to band at top. Canopy consisting of 4 fluted columns with acathus capitals supporting entablature with triangular pediment to each face and antefixae at corners. Pedestal inscribed: "HERE LIE / THE MORTAL REMAINS OF / WILLIAM BEESTON / WHO WAS BORN / AT THE HILLS IN THIS PARISH / AND FOR MORE THAN FIFTY / YEARS PRACTISED AS A / SURGEON AT WELLINGTON / IN THIS COUNTY: / HE DIED MARCH 20th 1846 / AGED 84 YEARS / IN GRATEFUL AND / AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE / HIS NIECE TABITHA BEESTON / RAISED THIS MONUMENT".
Listing NGR: SJ6758434040
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