The Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Exton,Rutland, is of great significance for its fine collection of funerary monuments, some of which are of national significance. While the earliest of the church tombs date to the late 14th century, the most significant monument is the marble tomb of Baptist Noel, third Viscount Camden, by the famous British sculptor Grinling Gibbons. (...)
The Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Exton,Rutland, is of great significance for its fine collection of funerary monuments, some of which are of national significance. While the earliest of the church tombs date to the late 14th century, the most significant monument is the marble tomb of Baptist Noel, third Viscount Camden, by the famous British sculptor Grinling Gibbons. Created in 1685, full-length statues of the viscount and his fourth wife in Roman dress are surrounded by various relief carvings of his 19 children.
While the monument has never been altered, it had deteriorated noticeably over the centuries. In addition to the superficial dust and soot coating the tomb, several pieces of marble decoration had cracked or broken off. The monument also showed visible signs of movement caused by the corrosion of iron pins used to hold the marble segments together.
