Listed Building: 2 ADJACENT HEADSTONES APPROXIMATELY 1 METRE SOUTH OF THE NAVE OF THE OLD CHURHC OF ST PETER (1360939)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1356, 5, 414
Date assigned 24 August 1990
Date last amended

Description

TQ 64 SW PEMBURY OLD CHURCH ROAD 5/414 2 adjacent headstones approx lm south of the nave of the Old Church of St Peter GV II 2 adjacent headstones. Dated 1762 and 1792. Both are upright sandstone slabs. The right one stands approx 1.1m high. Its shaped head is carved with an hourglass in front of crossed trumpets with scrolls around. The first line of the inscription is in Gothic lettering, the rest in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering. It records the death of Joshia Parks in 1762. Adjacent to the left (north) is a taller headstone, approx1.5m high. Its shaped head is carved with a radiating sunburst flanked by swags of nut-and-husk. The inscription is in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering with italics in the open pages of a book above an apron on drapery. The inscription is faint and illegible in all but perfect lighting conditions. 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 4297 (point)
Map sheet TQ64SW
Civil Parish PEMBURY, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 5:21PM