Taylor Monument In The Churchyard, About 11 Metres South Of The Tower, Church Of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1985. Monument.

Taylor Monument In The Churchyard, About 11 Metres South Of The Tower, Church Of St Mary

WRENN ID
ghost-corbel-swallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Forest of Dean
Country
England
Date first listed
18 October 1985
Type
Monument
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SO 7225-7325 NEWENT CHURCH STREET (north side)

13/114 Taylor monument in the churchyard, about 11m south of the Tower, Church of St. Mary

GV II

Chest tomb; 1721 to Edward Taylor; stone, brick plinth. Flat lid with margin and scrolls in corners on top, plain chamfer to underside; plain sides framed by thick, plain ends. All on a low, brick plinth, built up at one end above path. Inscription all on lid, lettering well cut and preserved, long 's' in first part. Later inscriptions to 1764. First is to carpenter who designed and executed the wide span roof to the nave of the church (q.v.). (H.M.Colvin, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840, 1978).

Listing NGR: SO7234525922

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