Description

ST73NW BREWHAM CP CHARCROFT HILL (West side)
SOUTH BREWHAM

2/29 Manning Chest Tomb, in churchyard
4 metres South of South East
corner, Church of Saint John the
Baptist

GV II*

Chest tomb. 1618. Doulting stone. Base and lower parts of panels buried: two panels each flank, one each end with
reeded pilasters with decorated square panels at tops; very heavy dentilled hipped top. On South side the left panel
reads: HERERSTETH/THEBODIEOF/WILLIAMMA/NNINGWH/(ODE)CEASEDTHE/(-)OF JUNE1618; the right panel reads:
HEREALSO/RESTETHE/BODYOF MAR/GRETHISWI/FEWHO DECE/ASEDTHEXXI/DECEMB1623. On North side inscription almost gone, but
"Elizabeth - died 1697" discenable in right panel, which is signed in script lettering: "RA".

Listing NGR: ST7198236142

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17553723

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Recommended Books

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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)