Johns Headstone About 20 Metres South Of The Tower Of The Church Of St Leonard is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1986. Headstone.

Johns Headstone About 20 Metres South Of The Tower Of The Church Of St Leonard

WRENN ID: late-courtyard-elm
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Torridge
Country: England
Date first listed: 9 January 1986
Type: Headstone
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SX 39 NW CLAWTON CHURCHTOWN

2/20 Johns headstone about 20m south of the tower of the Church of St Leonard -

GV II

Headstone. Early C19. Slate. Rectangular headstone commemorating Joseph Johns, died 1813. Scratch mouldings round the border and forming a round-headed arch with rustic trumpeting angels in the spandrels. A 3 stanza verse below the inscription includes the graphic lines "In pain and sickness long I lay/My flesh and lungs consumed away/Once like a flowerI did bloom/But now lie mouldred in this tomb/". A fine example of local slate-cutting with a personal verse.

Listing NGR: SX3483599250

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