Tomb Chest Of Robert Sherbrooke Adjacent The East Side Of Workshops In Former Wood Yard Of Oxton Hall

Date:
1 Aug 2006
Location:
Tomb Chest Of Robert Sherbrooke Adjacent The East Side Of Workshops In Former Wood Yard Of Oxton Hall, Blind Lane, Oxton, Newark And Sherwood, Nottinghamshire
Reference:
IOE01/15645/14
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

SK 65 SW OXTON BLIND LANE (south side)

6/136 Tomb chest of Robert Sherbrooke adjacent the east side of workshops in former wood yard of Oxton Hall

II

Tomb chest. 1710 and late C18. Ashlar and cast iron. Tomb chest is Robert Sherbrooke, d.1710. Shaped top. At each angle is a single engaged large vase moulding. Extending around the tomb are C18 spiked iron railings set on an ashlar plinth. At each angle and in the centre of the 2 longest sides are single railings topped with small urns with small orb finials. The Sherbrookes' seat was Oxton Hall. The tomb probably erected by a descendant. The tomb is sited in what was probably a Quaker burial ground.

Listing NGR: SK6304451650

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/2058 IOE Records taken by Mollie Toy; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mrs Mollie Toy. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Toy, Mollie

Rights Holder: Toy, Mollie

Keywords

Ashlar, Cast Iron, Iron, Stuart Railings, Georgian Monument (By Form), Barrier, Chest Tomb, Religious Ritual And Funerary, Tomb, Funerary Site