Description

SO 61 SE LITTLEDEAN CHURCH STREET (east side)

10/94 Boughton monument and railings,in churchyard, about 22m south of south east corner of south porch, Church of St. Ethelbert

GV II

Pedestal tomb and railed enclosure: early C19; ashlar stone and wrought iron. Square railed enclosure on weathered, smooth cap to sill wall. Cap deep, with inscriptions on each external face, furrowed ashlar below exposed on two sides by slope of ground. Larger square corner balusters to railing with urn tops, intermediate bars have tapered tops. Within enclosure a square pedestal tomb, small in plan, plain sides with slightly recessed corners, on a moulded base. Top wide projection, flat gable with uncarved acroterion at each corner, all running back as ridges to centre. Commemorates Joseph Boughton, died 1801, with later inscriptions, on plinth to enclosure; pedestal records Joseph Boughton of Broadoak, and his younger son, as if erected for latter.

Listing NGR: SO6721113546

External Links

• Wikidata Q26481735

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)