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Latitude: 51.6811 / 51°40'52"N
Longitude: -2.0839 / 2°5'2"W
OS Eastings: 394292
OS Northings: 198045
OS Grid: ST942980
Mapcode National: GBR 2PV.FZK
Mapcode Global: VH95D.T0NK
Plus Code: 9C3VMWJ8+FC
Entry Name: Day Monument
Listing Date: 27 February 1986
Last Amended: 19 December 2017
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1341400
English Heritage Legacy ID: 129438
ID on this website: 101341400
Location: St Peter's Church, Rodmarton, Cotswold, Gloucestershire, GL7
County: Gloucestershire
District: Cotswold
Civil Parish: Rodmarton
Traditional County: Gloucestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Gloucestershire
Church of England Parish: Rodmarton St Peter
Church of England Diocese: Gloucester
Tagged with: Monument
The chest tomb of the Day family of Rodmarton, of late-C18 or early-C19 date.
A chest tomb of late-C18/early-C19 date.
MATERIALS: constructed of limestone.
DESCRIPTION: the chest tomb is rectangular on plan with a moulded plinth and capping, and stands on a formerly railed base with limestone flags. It has a hipped limestone lid. The north and south sides have fluted Doric columns to each corner and the north (church) side has a carved oval table with floreate design in the spandrels and is inscribed to the memory of Anna Maria Day who died in 1831 and her sister Sarah Day who died in 1860. The end faces are inscribed with dedications to other members of the Day family. The south face panel is spalled and has no inscription.
This chest tomb is of late-C18/early-C19 date and retains inscriptions in the memory of a number of different members of the Day family. It was restored in the early C21.
The Day Monument, Churchyard of St Peter, Rodmarton is listed at Grade II, for the following principal reasons:
Architectural interest:
* for the original design of the tomb and its inscriptions, using high quality materials and craftsmanship.
Historic interest:
* it is a significant example of a late-C18 or early-C19 family chest tomb.
Group value:
* it forms an archetypal group of C18/C19 funerary monuments in the churchyard, many of which are listed at Grade II, that help form the historic backdrop to the Church of St Peter (Grade I).
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