Armstrong Tomb
Armstrong Tomb
Armstrong Tomb
Armstrong Tomb
Armstrong Tomb
Armstrong Tomb
Armstrong Tomb
Armstrong Tomb
Armstrong Tomb
Armstrong Tomb

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A dressed granite square-plan chest tomb with a shaped lid surmounted by a ball set on pedestal. Sitting on the ball is a bronze blindfolded female figure playing a lyre. The tomb is a memorial to William Armstrong and John Scobell Armstrong.
Title

Armstrong Tomb

Date

1929

Medium

stone & bronze

Accession number

TR20_BH_S062

Work type

Tomb or mausoleum

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Listing date

07/09/88

Access

at all times

Inscription description

plaque: THE MONUMENT ABOVE HAS BEEN ERECTED IN LOVING MEMORY OF / JOHN SCOBELL ARMSTRONG WHO WAS BORN AT NANPEALVERNE 1ST / AUGUST 1842 WHO DIED 6TH OF MAY 1929 AND WHOSE ASHES LIE HERE.

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Located at

Bellair Road, Madron

TR20 8SW

Sited in the churchyard of St Maddern's Church.