Memorial Stone At Approx 25M East Of Church Of Saint Mylor is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1986. Memorial stone.

Memorial Stone At Approx 25M East Of Church Of Saint Mylor

WRENN ID
endless-plinth-storm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Country
England
Date first listed
12 March 1986
Type
Memorial stone
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SW 83 NW MYLOR MYLOR CHURCHTOWN

4/236 Memorial stone at approx 25m east of Church of Saint Mylor

GV II

Memorial stone. 1814. Painted freestone monolith slab set in granite base. Ramped arched head with ovolo corners. West face of stone has moulded border framing incised inscription below with ramped arched moulded cornice and carving of sailing ship in storm with robust wave carving and cloud with lightning in tympanum. The ship has stumps of masts and may have been rigged or partly rigged originally. Inscription reads: To the Memory of the WARRIORS Women and Children, who on their return to England from the Coast of Spain; unhappily perished in the Wreck of the Queen Transport, on Trefusis Point, JanY 14, 1814. This stone is erected as a Testimony of regret for their fate by the Inhabitants of this Parish. This is an interesting memorial stone.

Listing NGR: SW8205935243

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