Tomb Of Captain Samuel Jones And Family, St Mattias is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Tomb.
Tomb Of Captain Samuel Jones And Family, St Mattias
- WRENN ID
- tenth-cellar-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tomb
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The following building shall be added: WOODSTOCK TERRACE TQ 3780 25/907 St Mattias Poplar Tomb of Captain Samuel Jones and family
II GV
Pedestal tomb on stepped base. C1734, designer unknown; restored during C19 by a statuary named Ellingford of Poplar. Stone. Tall plinth with projecting curved ends; sides with high relief carved swags framing inscriptions. Above, a rectangular pedestal (formerly flanked by standing putti) having on the south side a carved relief depicting a ship in sail and on the north a nautical still-life featuring globes, cross-staffs, a caduceus, cannon and shot, a sextant, flags and a central heraldic shield. Crowned by addorsed consoles formerly supporting an urn. Monument formerly surrounded by railings. Captain Samuel Jones distinguished himself fighting the French in the English Channel in 1706 and 1707. St Mattias was formerly the east India Company Chapel and many nautical men were buried in the churchyard.
Listing NGR: TQ3775280837
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