Description

MORCHARD BISHOP CHURCH STREET (south side)
SS 7607 - 7707
Morchard Bishop
11/136
- 2 Comyns chest tombs about 15
metres south of south porch of
Church of St Mary
GV
II

2 adjacent chest tombs. Northern chest tomb circa 1831. Memorial to Reverend John
Comyns Churchill (died 1831). Portland stone and white marble. Rectangular in plan
with moulded sill and soffit-moulded flat lid. The sides contain sunken panels of
white marble with hollow chamfered surrounds. John Comyns Churchill is commemorated
on south side under a flat-arched head to panel. Other members of Church family are
remembered on other sides. Southern chest tomb circa 1770. Memorial to Peter
Comyns (died 1770). Volcanic ashlar and grey basalt. Rectangular in plan with
plain ashlar sides on chamfered plinth and simple soffit moulded flat lid. The lid
is inscribed and commemorates Peter Comyns and his wife Ann (died 1779) and other
members of the Comyns family.

Listing NGR: SS7729407476

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26542480

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Recommended Books

• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)