Listed Building: LYCHGATE TO CHURCHYARD OF THE OLD CHURCH OF ST PETER (1239910)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1356, 5, 395
Date assigned 24 August 1990
Date last amended

Description

TQ 64 SW PEMBURY OLD CHURCH ROAD 5/395 Lychgate to churchyard of the Old Church of St Peter GV II Lychgate. Built in memory of Sir Samuel Morton Peto (d. 1889). Timber-framed on brick footings with stone slate roof. Tudor Gothic style. Box-framed structure with full width Tudor arches front and back, both with moulded surrounds and urn stops. Headbeams are inscribed, front one with a Biblical quotation, the back one to the memory of Sir Samuel Morton Peto. Side walls have 4-light windows with hollow-chamfered mullions over plank-and-muntin panelling. Gables above have moulded bargeboards and gable-end trusses have curving struts. Inside the wall plates are moulded and brattished original double gates with wavy braces and coffin rest on a series of turned balusters. Listing NGR: TQ6268442960

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 6260 4293 (point)
Map sheet TQ64SW
Civil Parish PEMBURY, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Record last edited

Oct 18 2010 1:29PM