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Latitude: 52.153 / 52°9'10"N
Longitude: -2.9155 / 2°54'55"W
OS Eastings: 337462
OS Northings: 250915
OS Grid: SO374509
Mapcode National: GBR F9.6KFV
Mapcode Global: VH77Q.F42W
Plus Code: 9C4V533M+5R
Entry Name: Abel Monument About 2 Yards West of the South Porch of the Church of St Mary
Listing Date: 16 July 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1082551
English Heritage Legacy ID: 150460
ID on this website: 101082551
Location: St Mary's Church, Sarnesfield, County of Herefordshire, HR4
County: County of Herefordshire
Civil Parish: Sarnesfield
Traditional County: Herefordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Herefordshire
Church of England Parish: Sarnesfield
Church of England Diocese: Hereford
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SARNESFIELD CP -
SO 35 SE
2/91 Abel monument about
2 yards west of the
South porch of the
Church of St Mary
GV II
Chest tomb. Circa 1694, restored 1858 and 1886. Squared sandstone rubble
sides with flat moulded chamfered capping and re-cut inscription:
This craggy stone a covering
(is for an Architect's bed)
That lofty buildings rais'd high
(yet now lays low his head)
His line and rules so death con
(cludes are locked up in stone)
Build they who list or they who
(wist for he can build no more)
His house of clay could hold no longer
May Heaven's joy build him astronger
In Memory of
JOHN ABEL (ARCHITECT)
who died in the year 1694
in the 97th year of his age.
Vivent vivas in vitam aternam
Restored by subscription the year
1858
On the south side is a plaque inscribed:
Restored 1886 by
The National Society
for Preserving the s
Memorials of the dead.
Listing NGR: SO3746250915
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