Listed Building: GROUP OF 2 HEADSTONES AND 2 CHEST TOMBS ABOUT 20 METRES NORTH OF CHURCH OF ST MARY (1115564)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1351, 15, 127
Date assigned 22 June 1989
Date last amended

Description

GOUDHURST CHURCH ROAD TQ 7237-7337 (south side) 15/127 Group of 2 headstones and 2 chest tombs about 20 metres north of Church of St Mary GV II Headstone to ? Williams, wife of Thomas Williams. Mid C18. Stone. About 4 feet high, with scrolled shoulders on pedestals, and scrolled head, with 2 cherubs' heads in profile. Headstone to Thomas Williams, d.1783. Stone, about 4 feet high, with rococo scrolled shoulders and head, and motifs of 2 cherubs' heads, rayed crown, serpent biting its tail and open book. More refined in execution than his wife's stone. Two simple early C18 chest tombs nearby, with crudely ogee moulded top slabs on monolithic bases. Listing NGR: TQ7239937842

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 7239 3784 (point)
Map sheet TQ73NW
Civil Parish GOUDHURST, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 5:21PM