Chest Tomb Approximately 15 Metres North West Of Church Of St Swithun is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 15 Metres North West Of Church Of St Swithun
- WRENN ID
- roaming-pier-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SS 80 SW 3/220
SANDFORD CHURCH STREET (north side) Sandford Chest-tomb approx. 15m north-west of Church of St Swithun
GV II
Chest-tomb. Circa 1834. Portland stone ashlar with Beer stone panels. Neo- classical. Rectangular in plan on stepped plinth, hollow moulded base and reverse- scrolled pediment with scrolled acroterion on panelled plinth on top of the lid. Each side has a recessed Beer stone panel, each including a shallow sunken panel with double-rebated surround. An inscription on the south face records the death of Percival Swan Esq, an Irish landowner, who died at his residence in Dix's Field, Exeter, in 1834 and the east side has an heraldic achievement in bas-relief.
Listing NGR: SS8284102540
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