Group Of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 15 Metres South Of South East Corner Of Parish Church is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1976. Tomb group.

Group Of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 15 Metres South Of South East Corner Of Parish Church

WRENN ID
hollow-alcove-amber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Country
England
Date first listed
29 July 1976
Type
Tomb group
Source
Historic England listing

Description

CHARD

ST3308 CHURCH STREET 756-1/4/22 (West side) 29/07/76 Group of 3 chest tombs approx 15m south of south-east corner of Parish Church (Formerly Listed as: CHURCH STREET (West side) Tomb chests and War Memorial in the Parish Church churchyard)

GV II

4 limestone tombs of differing styles and dates, 3 in a row running N-S and one 4m to east of row. The latter, mid/late C18, hipped top with moulded cornice and reeded Ionic pilasters to corners and centres of sides. That to far south is early C18 with hipped top and moulded cornice and plinth; both ends are set back, semi-circular with moulded panels. Central tomb is late C18/early C19 Grecian style with hipped top and moulded cornice; tomb tapers toward plinth with pilasters to long sides and stone rings, now broken, to ends.

Listing NGR: ST3229108183

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