Berry Chest Tomb Approximately 12 Metres North-West Of Church Of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. Tomb.
Berry Chest Tomb Approximately 12 Metres North-West Of Church Of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- stark-step-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tomb
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
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CHAGFORD HIGH STREET (north side), Chagford Berry chest tomb approximately12 metres north-west of Church of St Michael
GV II
Chest tomb with area railings. Dated 1828 in memory of Richard and Elizabeth Berry. Granite ashlar with cast iron area railings. Chest tomb has a chamfered plinth and a thick soffit-moulded flat lid. Each side contains a rectangular sunken panel. The inscription, in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, is on the south-east side. It records the death of husband and wife Richard and Elizabeth Berry in the same year 1828, and some close relations who died before 1855. It is fenced by railings set in granite coping stones. Rails have fluted shafts and spear heads and the corner posts are bulbous with vase caps.
Listing NGR: SX7012487536
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