Description

CORSLEY CORSLEY VILLAGE
ST 84 NW
(north side)
7/72 Group of seven monuments in the
churchyard, between 2 and 9m
south of Church of St Margaret
of Antioch
GV II
Seven chest tombs. Late C18 to mid C19. Five tombs are limestone,
two tombs are blue lias. West of group is to Ann Everett died 1819
with two shaped panels with fan-carved spandrels, frieze with
rosettes and raised lozenge decoration and fielded pilasters,
moulded flat top. Tomb to Nicholas Eyres died 1781 is same style
as tomb in railed enclosure (q.v.). Blue lias tombs to Robert
Meares died 1779 and Alicia Knight died 1838, the former with
shaped panels and reeded pilasters, the latter plainer and with
illegible inscription to flat top. Three C18 tombs to east have
two panels to main sides, the southerly one with pulvinated frieze,
the next north has relief-carved floral centre panel and plain
frieze, Weeks tomb nearest church has beaded panels, quarter
balusters and fluted frieze with rosettes, partly illegible
inscriptions.

Listing NGR: ST8288046719

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26288217

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide