Ivry Chest Tomb At Approximately 12 Metres East Of North Aisle Of Church Of Saint Sithney is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1987. Chest tomb.

Ivry Chest Tomb At Approximately 12 Metres East Of North Aisle Of Church Of Saint Sithney

WRENN ID
worn-wattle-bittern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Country
England
Date first listed
26 August 1987
Type
Chest tomb
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SW 62 NW SITHNEY CHURCHTOWN, Sithney

7/282 Ivry chest tomb at approximately - 12 metres east of north aisle of Church of Saint Sithney GV II

Chest tomb. Early C19, to Thomas Ivey, died 1809 aged 67 and his wife Alice who died 1840 aged 97. Dressed granite with small incised slate lid insert at the east end. Rectangular on plan. The chest sides are of square granite slabs fastened with iron staples and the lid is a granite monolith with a slightly projecting square edge. Overgrown with ivy. Inscribed with the following epitaph: Corruption earth and Worms Shall but refine his Flesh Till my triumphant Spirit comes To put it on afresh.

Listing NGR: SW6368028998

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