Row Of 4 Durrant Headstones About 1M East Of The Porch Of The Church Of St Peter And St James

SX 49 NW 4/74

HALWILL HALWILL Row of 4 Durrant headstones about 1m east of the porch of the Church of St Peter and St James

GV II

Row of 4 headstones. Early C19. Slate. The northernmost headstone commemorates Thomas Durrant, died 1805, with a segmental head and verse below the inscription. The headstone immediately to the south has a shaped head and commemorates Edith Durrant, died 1802; vase of flowers carved in head, verse below inscription. The second headstone from the north commemorates John Durrant of Foxhole, (qv) died 1821 and is signed 'Richard Reddicliffe'. The headstone has an elaborate shaped head with heavy ogee mouldings, rectangular inscription panel raised from a textured border and an eternal lamp with festoons of bay leaves carved in deep relief in the head, good lettering and scrollwork to the inscription. The southernmost headstone, commemorating William Durrant, died 1825, has a moulded shaped head of 3 segmental arches, an angel in a roundel with swags carved in the head and an inscription framed by reeded pilasters and an entablature.

Listing NGR: SX4272299426