Description

SO 8609 (part)
9/246

PAINSWICK
NEW STREET
(south east side)
Cox monument in the
churchyard c.22 m west of
west tower to the Church
of St Mary

GV
II

Hexagonal pedestal tomb. To John Cox, Clothier, 1770. Limestone. Hexagon
standing in paved surround to raised curb, formerly railed. Tomb has very flat
pyramidal capping to a moulded edge over plain frieze; inscription panels raised
and shaped; cavetto-mould base on step. Much lettering still decipherable,
earliest inscription to John Cox, 1770, but others through to 1860. Immediately
to north, set to the stone paving, a series of engraved plates, the latest date
1970; also first plate records seven children aged at death, respectively: 6
months, 1 hour, 4 years, 22 years, 21 years, 24 years and 19 years. Set imme-
diately east of tomb base is an engraved plate giving information on those
recorded on the monument. A simple design, but unusually records a 200 year
span of Painswick history.

Listing NGR: SO8661809644

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26624702

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