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
William Shenstone's Tomb, located 12 metres south west of the Church of St John the Baptist, is a chest tomb dating from around 1763. It is a simple rectangular stone tomb with a flat, undecorated top. On the western side, there is a stone slab with a chamfered top that bears the inscription "WILs SHENSTONE ..... 1763 ......", although part of the inscription has been worn away. William Shenstone was a poet and landscape theorist who had a significant influence during his lifetime, notably transforming his garden at Leasowes into one of the first natural landscape gardens in England.
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