Group Of 6 Headstones Approximately 41 Metres South East Of Church Tower Of Church Of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. Headstones.
Group Of 6 Headstones Approximately 41 Metres South East Of Church Tower Of Church Of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- winding-rubble-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Type
- Headstones
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
HERTFORD
TL3212SE QUEEN'S ROAD 817-1/20/179 (East side) Group of 6 headstones approx 41m SE of church tower of Church of All Saints
GV II
Group of 6 headstones. Late C18 and early C19. Carved Portland stone. Variants of the same design, each with a head with a border of carved Rococo scrollwork, with a central segmental arched top, with raised urns and swags. Square lower panels, with raised border to circular and oval inner panels, spandrels with raised Adam style fans and carved raised putti heads. The stones commemorate members of the Cherry family between 1785 and 1826, and include Benjamin Cherry (d.1785 aet 74), Alderman and 4 times mayor of Hertford, Sarah Cherry (d.1810 aet 75), Benjamin Cherry (1765-1871), Town Clerk of Hertford, John Cherry (d.1826 aet 52), Mary Cherry, and Louisa Sarah Ann Cherry (daughter of John and Mary, d.1825 aet 22). Incised inscriptions worn, but recorded in Turnor (1830). A fine group of headstones from the same, unknown monumental mason. (Turnor L: History of Hertford: Hertford: 1830-: 231-1).
Listing NGR: TL3282712410
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