Description

ST2229 KINGSTON ST MARY CP

KINGSTON ST MARY VILLAGE
12/115 Unidentified chest tomb, in
churchyard 6 metres South of
porch, Church of St Mary

GV II

Chest tomb. C17. Sandstone, alabaster sections and blue lias panels. Steeply pitched ledger top, dentil moulded
cornice, frieze carved with swags and drops moulded architrave, divided into 2 bays on North and South fronts with
semi-circular headed sroded blue lias panels, alabaster winged cherubs in spandrels with central alabaster drapes, East
and West ends 'en bombe' with carved palms West, skull and cross bones East. It would seem that the frieze and cornice
have at some time been painted as traces of brown pigment remain. Poor condition at time of survey (March 1984).
(Photographs in NMR).

Listing NGR: ST2228429693

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26628204

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Recommended Books

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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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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)