Rayner Monument Approximately 1/2 Metre West Of Monument 8 Metres North Of West Tower At St George'S Church is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1993. Chest tomb.
Rayner Monument Approximately 1/2 Metre West Of Monument 8 Metres North Of West Tower At St George'S Church
- WRENN ID
- grey-clay-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 November 1993
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rayner Monument is a late 18th-century chest tomb located approximately half a metre west of another monument and eight metres north of the west tower at St George's Church in Arreton. This rectangular chest tomb features a moulded base and top, with inscription panels that have inset curved corners. Although the original inscription is now illegible, there is a bronze plaque on the top that includes a poem dedicated to one of the deceased, who was a bellringer. The poem reads:
'Skill'd in the myster of the pleasing Peal,
Which few can know, and fewer still reveal,
Whether with little Bells or Bell sublime,
To split a moment to the truth of time,
Time so oft truly beat at length o'ercame,
Yet shall this tribute long preserve his Name.'
The monument was restored by the Winchester Diocesan Guild of Bellringers in 1925.
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