Building record M12327 - Small Tomb Chest about 50 Metres South of Bunny Hall

Summary

CHEST TOMB (Victorian to Late 20th Century)

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 58458 29532 (1m by 1m)
Map sheet SK52NE
District Rushcliffe
Civil Parish Bunny, Rushcliffe

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Tomb chest to 2 dogs. c.1840. Ashlar and slate. Small square ashlar tomb chest set onto a shallow plinth with recessed panels to front and right. Moulded top with shallow pediments to front and rear. The recessed panels to contain single slate tablets which are adjacent to the tomb and have inscriptions "To the memory of a favourite dog..." and "To the memory of Ruby 1840 an attached and favourite spaniel.." (1)

Small stone obelisk with Welsh slate tablet built to mark the grave of the 2nd Lord Rancliffe's spaniel Ruby, who died in 1840 (2)


Listed buildings slides, (Photograph). SNT2648.

<1> DOE, Listed Building Description (Published document). SNT228.

<2> Historic England, 2021, National Record of Historic Environment (Digital archive). SNT5271.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Photograph: Listed buildings slides. .
  • <1> Published document: DOE. Listed Building Description.
  • <2> Digital archive: Historic England. 2021. National Record of Historic Environment.

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Record last edited

Jul 22 2026 1:03PM

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