Battishill Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres South Of Chancel Of Church Of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1988. Tomb.
Battishill Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres South Of Chancel Of Church Of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- grey-jamb-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SX 69 NE 1/268
SPREYTON DRAYDOWN HILL, Spreyton
Battishall chest tomb approximately 4 metres south of Chancel of Church of St Mary
GV II
Chest tomb. Dated 1733 in memory of William Battishill. Red brick with grey basalt lid. Rectangular in section with plain sides apart from a central projecting string course and soffit-chamfered cornice it has a plain flat lid. The top is inscribed with Roman serif upper and lower case lettering and records the death of William Battishill in 1733. A secondary slate plaque on the north side is inscribed with similar lettering and records the deaths of another William, nephew of the above, in 1760 and his wife Mary in 1778. 1733 is an unusually early use of brick for this part of Devon.
Listing NGR: SX6975296715
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