Listed Building: LADY CATHERINE STEWART MONUMENT (1084772)
Grade | II |
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Authority | |
Volume/Map/Item | 1764, 1, 1 |
Date assigned | 10 December 1986 |
Date last amended |
Description
SOUTHBOROUGH BIRCHWOOD (OFF HARDINGE AVENUE) 1/1 Lady Catherine Stewart - Monument - II
Marble monument erected in 1812 in memory of Lady Catherine Stewart, sister of Lord Darnley, wife of Brigadier-General Stewart. He was later Marquis of Londonderry, in succession to Viscount Castlereagh, the Prime Minister, who was his half-brother. Diagonally-fluted cylindrical column with turned base mounted on a square plinth. Plain band around middle on which are carved the various rhymed inscriptions. Column surmounted by flattish urn on a square base. Enclosed by surround of heavy railings, the individual poles being square in section with forged arrow-head points. Corner uprights of larger section. Surround gated. See Colbran's 'Guide to Tunbridge Wells', 1840.
Listing NGR: TQ5719543226
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Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
Grid reference | TQ 5719 4322 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ54SE |
Civil Parish | SOUTHBOROUGH, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT |
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Record last edited
Nov 16 2006 5:21PM