Description

SO 71 SW WESTBURY-ON-SEVERN WESTBURY VILLAGE

11/255 Fryer monument, in churchyard,
about 6m south-east of south-east
corner of tower, Church of St.
Peter and St. Paul

GV II

Chest tomb: mid C18; stone. Plain lid with chamfered edge.
Corners, quarter-square gadrooned balusters with scrolls on bulbous
base. North face main centre flanked by narrow panels: head with
wings in centre, drapery thence caught up with bows in top corners
and falling down sides to frame lettering. Flanking sections
tendrils, fruits and flowers. South side has rococo edge to
central panel, with bows and falling drapery in flanking ones;
weathered. West end raised margin, decorative carving ending in
2 scrolls at bottom; east end raised margin, with serpent of
eternity surrounding hourglass, scroll stand below, above fronds.
Splayed plinth. South inscription weathered off, north to Mary,
daughter of James and Elizabeth Fryer, died 1760.

Listing NGR: SO7172613908

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26321253

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)