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Latitude: 50.2504 / 50°15'1"N
Longitude: -5.2676 / 5°16'3"W
OS Eastings: 167148
OS Northings: 44049
OS Grid: SW671440
Mapcode National: GBR Z0.QCBN
Mapcode Global: VH12B.NY2W
Plus Code: 9C2P7P2J+5W
Entry Name: Basset Monument Approximately 15 Metres South-East of Tower of Former Church of St Illogan
Listing Date: 12 September 1989
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1142602
English Heritage Legacy ID: 66740
ID on this website: 101142602
Location: St Illogan Church, Cornwall, TR16
County: Cornwall
Civil Parish: Illogan
Built-Up Area: Redruth
Traditional County: Cornwall
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall
Church of England Parish: Saint Illogan
Church of England Diocese: Truro
Tagged with: Monument
ILLOGAN CHURCH ROAD
SW 64 SE
(west side)
10/184
Churchtown
Basset monument approx,15 metres
south-east of tower of former
Church of St Illogan
GV
II
Monumental sarcophagus. Commemorates John Pendarves Basset (d.1739). Grey
marble with white marble tablets. Four moulded feet, steeply angled sides and
ends, bolection-moulded top, lid with rounded ends, moulded rim, and humped
upper surface with a ball finial. Attached to the north end is a cartouche, and
to the sides large lettered panels, that on the north side inscribed:-
JOHN PENDARVES BASSET
died six of Sept. MDCCXXXIX
aged xxv years
followed by a lengthy epitaph which continues on the south side. The south panel
is cracked near the bottom edge, and the lettering on both is heavily weathered.
Listing NGR: SW6714844049
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