Description

SO 71 SW WESTBURY-ON-SEVERN WESTBURY VILLAGE

11/224 2 Harper monuments in churchyard,
about 16m north of centre of north
face of tower, Church of St. Peter
and St. Paul

GV II

2 chest combs; 1781 and 1769; stone. Southern, flat lid, plain
moulded edge, quarter square corner balusters carved with square
scrolls and leaves. South side narrow top margin, with main
central part flanked by narrow rectangular ends: centre head with
wings at top, rococo scrolls around panel. End panels pendant
rings with flowers below. Ends rectangular panels with rococo
scrolling around edge. To Mary Harper, died 1781, long s used in
inscription: inscription to Thomas Harper, her husband, died 1785,
added. Record of children dying before parents on end. Later
inscriptions on lid.
Adjoining, immediately to north, flat lid, plain moulded edge;
north face as south of Mary Harper monument, but with flowers and
ribbon edging to main central panel rather than scrolls. Quarter
square gadrooned balusters at corners; ends serpent of eternity
around an hourglass, fronds above, feathers to sides, further
carving as stand below. To John, son of Thomas Harper, died 1769.
Adjacent faces of monuments not inspected.

Listing NGR: SO7171513935

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26586585

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)