Listed Building: DARNLEY CHEST TOMB ABOUT 3 METRES NORTH OF THE VESTRY OF THE CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE (1248828)
Grade | II |
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Authority | |
Volume/Map/Item | 1356, 11, 8 |
Date assigned | 24 August 1990 |
Date last amended |
Description
TQ 56 43 BIDBOROUGH HIGH STREET (east side)
11/8 Darnley chest tomb about 3m north of the vestry of the Church of St Lawrence
GV II
Chest tomb. Circa 1803, by Sir Richard Westmacott (Pevsner, 2nd edn., 1976), restored in 1956 (Skinner). Portland stone.
An elegant sarcophagus raised on stone blocks, the chest with shallow diagonal reeding and a moulded lid. Scrolls decorate each end of the lid with, in the centre of each scroll, a finely carved life-size putto head with wings carved back over the chest and meeting tip to tip. Rectangular inscription panels on the long sides of the sarcophagus, roundels at each end. The main inscription commemorates Mary, Countess of Darnley, died 1803. The Dowager Countess of Darnley lived at Great Bounds (demolished) in Bidborough parish from 1790 until her death. She paid for a west gallery in the church "for the use of the children of the Sunday School", which survived until the addition of the south aisle in 1876.
A very high quality churchyard monument.
Newman, John. West Kent and the Weald. Buildings of England series (1976 edn.).
Skinner, F.A., Bidborough, a Parish History (1986 edn.).
Listing NGR: TQ5652043213
External Links (0)
Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
Grid reference | TQ 5651 4321 (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