Description

SAFFRON WALDEN

TL5338 SAINT MARY'S CHURCHYARD
669-1/1/404 Wall with reset tombstones on south
side of churchyard

GV II

Wall with reset tombstones. c1800. Red brick. 125m long with
way through from Church Lane 50m from W end, approx 2m high.
Flemish bond with battered and dentilled coping, rounded top
in brick. E section rises from Church Lane in 3 steps
following the slope of the ground. Some sections repaired with
no upper decoration. Tombstones reset against N churchyard
side in both sections, those E of Church Lane are best
preserved including one to Jonathan Parker,`ingenious needy
artisn' 1764, showing craftsmens tools and recorded
restoration in 1931. Also 3 tombstones similar to each other,
John Liverett, 1783, Robert Liverett, 1801 and Thomas Gardner,
1802, winged cherub head supported by lunate reeded band and
set within similarly decorated rectangular frame, surmounting
crescentic decoration of foliage. Several tombstones now
illegible but of C18 type with cherubs' heads, foliage and
volutes, one to William Winstanley, 1750 with a skull and
steeply inclined volutes. W end tombstones are more weathered
but include John Waite, 1768, with cherubs and scrolls and
Elizabeth Erswell, 1826.

Listing NGR: TL5369538563

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26490777

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Recommended Books

• 
  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)