Description

TEWKESBURY

SO8932 ABBEY CHURCHYARD, Abbey Precincts
859-1/6/373 Group of three monuments approx. 20
metres north of north wall of Abbey
nave

GV II

Group of 3 monuments in N/S line. C18 and C19. (i) Chest tomb.
1788. Sandstone. To George VERNON, d.1788 aged 17. Flat ledger
slab to moulded edges, raised panels, flared cavetto base on
platform. Further inscriptions on the ledger, including
Thomas, 1805, in infancy, and Susannah, 1807, aged 2 weeks,
and others up to 1973. The inscriptions to S and E appear to
have been recut; (ii) Upright chest tomb. Mid C19. Sandstone.
To William MOORE and others. Flat pyramidal ledger with leaf
enrichment to arrises, moulded edges, raised panels, inset
ends to moulded cornice and base, on cavetto base, and
platform shared with Merrett monument; (iii) Chest tomb. 1833.
Sandstone. To Thomas MERRETT, 1833, and others. Flat ledger
slab to moulded edges, raised panels, inset ends, all to a
common cornice mould, on a bulbous ovolo-mould base and
platform shared with adjacent MOORE monument.

Listing NGR: SO8903532479

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26570189

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Recommended Books

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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)