Description

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SK0573NE
616-1/3/70

BUXTON
ST JOHN'S ROAD (North side)
Tomb to Philip Heacock 20m west of Church of St John the Baptist

GV
II

Tomb to Philip Heacock. 1851. Ashlar gritstone with copper inscription plaque and iron railings. Square plan. Tall open arched canopy with dome, each face has a moulded round headed arch with keystone supported on square pilasters with bases, topped with plain pedimented decoration with laurel wreath and acroteria at corners. This encloses a weathered altar memorial with copper inscribed plaque to the east face and the Duke of Devonshire's ducal arms to the north face. This altar supports an ovoid urn with gadrooned base and moulded top.

The memorial has an enclosing gritstone kerb with iron railings; the main verticals with urn and steeple finials, the others with bifurcating stems and steeple finials.

Philip Heacock was the Duke of Devonshire's agent from 1801-1851.

Listing NGR: SK0558773548

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26549283

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)