Leek Seed Chapel Stephens Tomb North West Of Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 April 1999. Tomb.

Leek Seed Chapel Stephens Tomb North West Of Chapel

WRENN ID: tangled-turret-primrose
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Cornwall
Country: England
Date first listed: 14 April 1999
Type: Tomb
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SX 05 SE S T AUSTEll ROAD ST BlAZEY GATE 868-1/10/10117

Leek Seed Chapel: Stephens Tomb NW of Chapel

GV II Chest tomb. 1822 to William Stephens (1740-1822), "The Old Gardener". Dressed granite with monolithic sides and a moulded lid. Rectangular plan. Stephens inscription to marble panel at one end. HISTORY: William Stephens is reputed to have saved the chapel fund by bravely bluffing 3 intruders that a pile of leek seed was a pile of gunpowder. See more detailed description with leek Seed Chapel qv.

Listing NGR: SX0601153705

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