Listed Building: PAIR OF KIPPING HEADSTONES APPROXIMATELY 2.5 METRES EAST OF THE VESTRY OF THE CHURCH OF ST THOMAS A BECKET (1262870)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1356, 5, 230
Date assigned 24 August 1990
Date last amended

Description

TQ 64 SW CAPEL CHURCH LANE 5/230 Pair of Kipping headstones approx 2.5m east of the vestry of the Church of St Thomas A Becket GV II Pair of headstones. Both date from the 1680s and commemorate members of the Kipping family. Both are upright slabs of sandstone standing approx 350-400mm high. Both have shaped heads with plain projecting surrounds. The heads are each carved with an hourglass and the inscriptions are in Roman serif capitals. The left (northern) one records the death of William Kipping in 1681 and the right one records the death of Thomas Kipping in 1685. Listing NGR: TQ6382444536

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  • Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 6374 4451 (point)
Map sheet TQ64SW
Civil Parish CAPEL, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 5:21PM