Chest Tomb To Alford Family At About 15M South Of Church Of Saint Wenappa is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 February 1986. Chest tomb.

Chest Tomb To Alford Family At About 15M South Of Church Of Saint Wenappa

WRENN ID
distant-roof-moss
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Country
England
Date first listed
3 February 1986
Type
Chest tomb
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This chest tomb, located about 15 meters south of the Church of Saint Wenappa, dates from the early 19th century and is dedicated to the Alford family. It features granite ashlar sides and a slate lid set within a granite border. The tomb is rectangular in shape and oriented roughly from west to east. The projecting lid has a cavetto and bullnose border. The slate slab includes incised lettering with inscriptions for John Alford, who died in 1828 at the age of 72; Elizabeth, the wife of John Alford, who died in 1811 at the age of 72; and Elizabeth Bawden along with Richard Harvey Bawden, who died in 1879 at the age of 79.

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