Listed Building: MONUMENT TO SKIPWORTH FAMILY IN GRAVEYARD OF CHURCH OF ST. MARY 12 METRES FROM EAST END (1063442)

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Grade II
Authority Department of the Environment
Date assigned 03 January 1985
Date last amended

Description

TF 09 NW SOUTH KELSEY WADDINGHAM ROAD 4/58 Monument to Skipworth family in graveyard of Church of St. Mary 12 metres from east end. G.V. II Chest tomb, monument to members of Skipworth family of Moortown House; circa 1850 possibly designed by Butterfield; ashlar, in high Gothic style, divided into 4 panels each marked by a stepped and decorated buttress. The individual panels each bear an inscription to a member of the Skipworth family and are surmounted by a trefoil headed arch. The frieze above is also inscribed. The spandrels between the arch and frieze have hobnail decoration. The end panel is reserved for George Skipworth who died in 1857 and who commisioned Butterfield to alter the church in 1853. Listing NGR: TF0420398222

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Grid reference TF 04203 98222 (point)
Map sheet TF09NW
Civil Parish SOUTH KELSEY, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Apr 17 2009 4:44PM

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