Monument 10 metres South East of St Annes Church is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1987. Monument.
Monument 10 metres South East of St Annes Church
- WRENN ID
- dusk-hearth-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1987
- Type
- Monument
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This monument, located 10 meters southeast of St Anne's Church, is a Grade II listed structure dedicated to Robert Stafford, dating from 1702. It is made of gritstone ashlar and designed in the shape of a coffin. The top features relief carvings of an hourglass, a serpent eating its tail, crossbones, and wings. At the foot, there is a skull and crossbones also carved in relief, and stone lifting rings are carved at both ends. The coffin is supported by a rectangular chamfered base. An inscription on the top reads, "Here lyeth the body of Robert Stafford who was buried here March ye 20th Anno 1702 aged 78. Surgite Mortui."
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