Chest Tomb Approximately 2 Metres South Of West Tower Of Church Of St Mary The Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 1988. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 2 Metres South Of West Tower Of Church Of St Mary The Virgin
- WRENN ID
- keen-corner-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 February 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 298 488
- Coordinates
- 52.13719, -1.56467
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 2 meters south of the west tower of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, dates from 1687 and 1698. It is made of ironstone and features a plinth and a heavily moulded ledger. On the west end, there is a shield and bas relief, while the south side has a panel with a moulded surround that is inscribed: "HERE LYETH THE BODY OF JOHN/REEVE WHO WAS BURIED FEBRUARY/THE 9TH AND DOM: 1698/AGED 76/HERE ALSO LYETH THE BODY OF/ANN REEVE THE WIFE OF JOHN/REEVE WHO WAS BURIED DECEM:/THE 20TH AND DOM/:1687/AGED 57".
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings