William Shenstone'S Tomb 12 Metres South West Of Church Of St John The Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Dudley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1987. Tomb.

William Shenstone'S Tomb 12 Metres South West Of Church Of St John The Baptist

WRENN ID: fossil-passage-moss
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Dudley
Country: England
Date first listed: 18 December 1987
Type: Tomb
Source: Historic England listing

Description

1. 5106 SO 9683 1/36A

HIGH STREET William Shenstone's Tomb12 metres south west of Church of St John the Baptist

2. Chest tomb, c 1763. Simple rectangular stone tomb, with flat undecorated top. At the west is a stone slab with chamfered top inscribed "WILs SHENSTONE ..... 1763 ......"; part part of the inscription is now obliterated. William Shenstone was a poet and landscape theorist, very influential in his life- time who transformed his garden at Leasowes into one of the first natural landscape gardens in England.

Listing NGR: SO9660883563

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