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Latitude: 51.3957 / 51°23'44"N
Longitude: -2.3879 / 2°23'16"W
OS Eastings: 373105
OS Northings: 166368
OS Grid: ST731663
Mapcode National: GBR 0Q8.H2G
Mapcode Global: VH96L.K5FW
Plus Code: 9C3V9JW6+7R
Entry Name: General Joseph Smith Tomb in Church of All Saints Churchyard
Listing Date: 15 October 2010
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1396358
English Heritage Legacy ID: 511763
ID on this website: 101396358
Location: All Saints' Church, Weston, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, BA1
County: Bath and North East Somerset
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Bath
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset
Tagged with: Tomb
CHURCH ROAD, Weston,
656-1/0/0
General Joseph Smith tomb
in Church of All Saints Churchyard
GV II*
Tomb of General Joseph Smith. c1790. Chest tomb of Bath stone, located north of the north-west end of the church. An elaborate neo-classical memorial on an oval base, the rectangular chest with paired engaged columns with acanthus capitals at the projecting ends. The main field sports a fine military trophy in relief, surrounding an inscription panel, the epitaph of which opens `Here is deposited the noblest work of God / an Honest Man / A Brave Officer¿ etc. The other side bears a plain marble panel set amid drapery. The upswept fluted cover rises to a two-stage base bearing a decorated urn. Listed as an exceptional neo-classical memorial. General Smith died in 1790: he also has a memorial within Weston church. No 53 on the churchyard plan.
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