Meacham Chest Tomb Approximately 15 Metres West Of Prescott Baptist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1988. Chest tomb.

Meacham Chest Tomb Approximately 15 Metres West Of Prescott Baptist Chapel

WRENN ID
patient-hammer-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Devon
Country
England
Date first listed
17 March 1988
Type
Chest tomb
Source
Historic England listing

Description

CULMSTOCK PRESTCOTT ST 01 SE 9/64 Meacham chest tomb approximately - 15 metres west of Prescott Baptist Chapel GV II Chest tomb. Dated 1721 in memory of Daniel Meacham. Hamstone ashlar. Rectangular in plan the chest tomb has a soffit-moulded lid with low-pitched ridge on the top. The base is now buried. Each side has a single rectangular panel and each end has a round-headed panel. The north side is inscribed with slightly cursive Roman serif upper and lower case lettering and records the death of Daniel Meacham in 1721. The west end has a secondary inscription in more formal lettering which records the death of Daniel Slanderwick in 1784. Fbr a Devon non-conformist monument this is both unusually early and unusually ornate.

Listing NGR: ST0910914319

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