Listed Building: PRENDERGAST AND DE ROLL CHEST TOMBS IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THE PORCH OF THE CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE (1277727)
Grade | II |
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Authority | |
Volume/Map/Item | 1356, 11, 12 |
Date assigned | 24 August 1990 |
Date last amended |
Description
TQ 56 43 BIDBOROUGH HIGH STREET (east side)
11/12 Prendergast and de Roll Chest tombs immediately west of the porch of the Church of St Lawrence
GV II
Pair of chest tombs. Early C19. Freestone. The northern chest is against the south wall of the church: a rectangular chest with moulded corner pilasters and a coped lid, commemorating Dorathy [sic] Prendergast, died 1821. Immediately south of it a low sarcophagus with a steeply-coped lid commemorates Louis Robert Roll, Count of the Holy Roman Empire, died 1813. Skinner transcribes the long verse on the tomb including: "He stood unchanged at Fortune's bitter frown,/that bore the House of Bourbon down;/He cheered its exile, gained its just applause,/And died at last a martyr to its cause." (Skinner, pp.22-3)
Skinner, F.A., Bidborough, a Parish History (1986 edn.).
Listing NGR: TQ5650743194
External Links (0)
Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
Grid reference | TQ 5650 4319 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ54SE |
Civil Parish | BIDBOROUGH, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Nov 16 2006 5:21PM