St Mary, Conington, Cambridgeshire
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An avenue of neatly clipped yews leads to the west tower, the only part of the medieval church that remains. It is clasped by huge pyramidal brick buttresses on the corner added in 1737 when the earlier nave was replaced.
The monument to Robert Cotton who died in 1697 at the age of 14 years, 3 months and 7 days with the signature 'G. Gibbons fecit', incised on a palm leaf at the base of the medallion. This is the only known monument to be signed by the famous Grinling Gibbons.
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An avenue of neatly clipped yews leads to the west tower, the only part of the medieval church that remains. It is clasped by huge pyramidal brick buttresses on the corner added in 1737 when the earlier nave was replaced.
The monument to Robert Cotton who died in 1697 at the age of 14 years, 3 months and 7 days with the signature 'G. Gibbons fecit', incised on a palm leaf at the base of the medallion. This is the only known monument to be signed by the famous Grinling Gibbons.
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