Listed Building: GRANT AND THORNE MONUMENTS NORTH OF THE CHURCH OF ST ANN (467836)

WEYMOUTH SY6681SE RADIPOLE LANE, Radipole 873-1/12/504 (North side) Grant and Thorne monuments north of the Church of St Ann GV II 2 chest tombs. Early C19. Portland stone. (i) To Archibald Grant, d.1805. Flat ledger top on second flat slab, plain square corner pilasters containing inscription panels with incised surround. The inscriptions in fine Roman lettering; plain end panels, and simple base, partly sunk. The monument partly overgrown by ivy; (ii) approx 1m SE of the preceding, to Joseph Swafield Thorne, d.1846. Flat ledger top on second slab with triple reeded edge, reeded corner pilasters, inscription panels with sunk margin and inset corners with leaf embellishment. Moulded base on platform. 2 nearly identical monuments in a churchyard where most memorials are simple headstones. Listing NGR: SY6672381386

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