Wager Tomb Chest and Four Headstones 5 to 10 M N of NW Corner Church of St Mary Charlton Kings, England
Listed Building Data
Wager Tomb Chest and Four Headstones 5 to 10 M N of NW Corner Church of St Mary has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1386577
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II
- Date Listed
- 14 December 1983
- Name
- WAGER TOMB CHEST AND FOUR HEADSTONES 5 TO 10 METRES NORTH OF NORTH WEST CORNER CHURCH OF ST MARY
- Location
- WAGER TOMB CHEST AND FOUR HEADSTONES 5 TO 10 METRES NORTH OF NORTH WEST CORNER CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH STREET
- Parish
- Charlton Kings
- District
- Cheltenham
- County
- Gloucestershire
- Grid Reference
- SO 96437 20459
- Easting
- 396437.0000
- Northing
- 220459.0000
Listed Building Description
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CHARLTON KINGS
SO9620SW CHURCH STREET 630-1/36/40 (South West side) 14/12/83 Wager tomb chest and four headstones 5-10m N of NW corner Church of St Mary (Formerly Listed as: CHURCH STREET (South West side) Two chest tombs to north of north-west corner of nave of Church of St Mary)
GV II
Tomb chest to Richard Wager (d.1661), tea-caddy type tomb chest and 5 headstones c1676-1735 (one of which is approx 5m to north of the group). Stone. Rectangular chest with heavy capping, inscription at west end; an inscription to north side indicates that repairs were made by C Higgs in 1871. Tea-caddy type tomb chest has fielded panels to sides and shaped top. 4 headstones: 1 with double scroll to head, otherwise 2 with cartouches with scrolled surrounds and 1 cartouche with 2 cherubs holding drapery, inscriptions eroded. Further headstone surmounted by central cherub's head between scrolls, the deceased d.1699. (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin: 1986-: 6).
Listing NGR: SO9643720459
