Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bottesford, Leicestershire: the monument to the sixth Earl of Rutland with the tomb monument to the first Earl of Rutland in the foreground Architect/Designer Parker, Richard Johnson, Nicholas Artist/Photographer Charles, Martin (1940-2012) Country UK: England City Bottesford Subject Date 1600 Image Date 1992 View Interior Medium Transparency Library Reference MC Unreferenced Orientation Portrait Colour Info Colour Credit Martin Charles / RIBA Collections Subject Churches ; Monuments ; Funerary architecture ; Sculpture
NOTES: The church dates back to the 13th century, but was altered in the 14th century and over the subsqequent centuries. The west tower and spire were completely rebuilt in 1876. The chancel was rebuilt in the 16th century to accommodate the monuments of the Manners family (seen here), the Earls and Dukes of Rutland. The monument to the sixth Earl of Rutland is 1632 by Nicholas Johnson and to the first Earl is 1543 by Richard Parker. See RIBA148110 for a black and white version of this image.
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