Description

SP 1401-1501 FAIRFORD HIGH STREET
(west side)

13/150 Fourteen monuments including Rose,
Dawkins and Townsend, about 9-18m
south east of south east porch
buttress in churchyard of Church of

GV II

Five chest tombs: Unidentified, early C18, to north, and Rose
1786, to south west, with three between included for group value:
Dawkins 1823, Townsend 1842, Rose 1857; and nine headstones in row
to south from east of Rose 1857, mostly late C18. Limestone.
Unidentified - large splayed plinth and capping, plain slab sides
and ends, with small recessed rectangle on each side towards west.
Rose (1786) - stepped tent top with curved top section, moulded
plinth and capping on tall double base, panelled frieze, fielded
sides and ends, with flanking reeded pilasters to sides. Tops of
panels badly eroded. Six headstones with high relief cartouches
and cherubs' heads, with plain stones to ends and centre. Dated
1775 furthest north.

Listing NGR: SP1515901145

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26467102

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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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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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)