Listed Building: PAIR OF CRIPPS HEADSTONES APPROXIMATELY 12 METRES SOUTH WEST OF THE TOWER OF THE CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN (1241423)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1356, 12, 564
Date assigned 24 August 1990
Date last amended

Description

TQ 55 41 SPELDHURST SPELDHURST HILL (north side), SPELDHURST 12/564 Pair of Cripps headstones approx 12m south west of the tower of the Church of St Mary the Virgin GV II Pair of headstones. C18 and 1821 in memory of members of the Cripps family. Both are upright sandstone slabs. The more southerly one stands approx 450mm high and has a double curvilinear-shaped head, each carved with cartouches containing symbols (possibly of trade). Fielded panel below is inscribed with Roman serif upper and lower case lettering and records the death of William Cripps but the date of his death is buried. It is probably late C18. The other stands approx 1.6m high and its shaped head is carved with a good (if somewhat rustic) representation of Judgement Day with scrolls around the shape of the head. Inscription begins in Gothic lettering and continues in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering. It records the death of Richard Cripps in 1821. Listing NGR: TQ5533441412

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 5533 4141 (point)
Map sheet TQ54SE
Civil Parish SPELDHURST, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 5:21PM