page_title: St Peter's Church, Plemstall
section_title: External features
hierarchical_section_title: St Peter's Church, Plemstall / External features
caption_attribution_description: English: Vault Tombchest of the Hurleston family There are two recumbent skeletons on this tomb, this one has five pairs of ribs, the other, six, representing male and female.Link:https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1229397
context_page_description: St Peter's Church, Plemstall stands in an isolated position at the end of a country lane near the village of Mickle Trafford, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Chester. Its benefice is combined with that of St John the Baptist's Church, Guilden Sutton.
context_section_description: Attached to east end of church are the vault, the tombchest of and a memorial to the Hurleston family. They date from about 1670 and attached is a memorial plaque dated 1727.  The vault cover carries a baroque tombchest on an acanthus plinth in ashlar buff sandstone. The long sides have carved recumbent skeletons, one male and one female, with scrolls at the corners.  It is listed at Grade II*.  Also in the churchyard are three other items which are listed Grade II.  A pedestal cenotaph to the memory of Thomas Cawley and others stands by the chancel door.  It is built of ashlar buff sandstone and is dated 1795.  An 18th-century baluster sundial in buff sandstone is dated 1730.  The west wall and the gate of the churchyard are built respectively from ashlar buff sandstone and wrought iron and date from the 19th century.
caption: The Hurleston tomb
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