Canopied seat and flanking walls, Memorial to the Countess of Ducie, 25 yards east of chancel of St. Leonard's Church is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1984. Memorial.

Canopied seat and flanking walls, Memorial to the Countess of Ducie, 25 yards east of chancel of St. Leonard's Church

WRENN ID
sombre-chamber-finch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Gloucestershire
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1984
Type
Memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

ST 79 SW 2/111

TORTWORTH Canopied seat and flanking walls, Memorial to the Countess of Ducie, 25 yards east of chancel of St. Leonard's Church

GV II Memorial to Julia, Countess of Ducie, died 1895. By W.D. Caröe in a Jacobean style. Consists of a canopied seat and flanking quadrant walls. Coursed rubble quadrant walls with moulded cornice, ashlar end piers and ball finials, and a low ashlar seat. The walls are swept up to the centre: recessed seat against a rubble wall with an inscribed plaque; arched canopy with decorated archivolt, pilaster strips; gabled with obelisk finials and carved Ducie arms.

Listing NGR: ST7047293340

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