Description

SO 71 SW WESTBURY-ON-SEVERN WESTBURY VILLAGE

11/222 Powell monument in churchyard, about
5m north of north-west corner of
tower, Church of St. Peter and
St. Paul

GV II

Chest tomb: Esther Powell, died 1771. Stone. Thick, flat lid
with simply-moulded edge. Quarter square gadrooned balusters at
corners. South face main central panel framed by tall rectangle
at each end. Head with wings at top of centre: pendant rings at
top corners, with flowers and scrolls down sides and returning
across bottom. Plain centre for inscription curved back at edges
to give relief to carving. End panels pendant rings at top, with
various flowers below. North face badly weathered. Ends serpent
of eternity surrounding an hour glass, fronds above, feathers to
side and scrolls below. A good example of this type, well
preserved apart from north face.

Listing NGR: SO7171113928

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26365862

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)