Listed Building record TR 36 NE 2251 - FREE STANDING WALL MONUMENT TO MAXTON/HOLMAN FAMILIES, ABOUT 30 METRES WEST OF CHURCH OF ST LAURENCE
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | TR 3699 6535 (point) | 
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TR36NE | 
| Civil Parish | RAMSGATE, THANET, KENT | 
| District | THANET, KENT | 
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
RAMSGATE               HIGH STREET TR 3665 SE                                                    ST. LAWRENCE                                                    (north-west                                                    side) 6/207                                              Free standing                                                    wall monument                                                    to Maxton/Holman                                                    families, about                                                    30 metres west                                                    of Church of                                                    St. Laurence GV                                                 II Free standing wall monument.  Early to mid C18.  Stock brick wall, part rendered, extended with flint.  The main section stands about 6 feet high with, on the eastern face, 2 identical tabernacles, with pedestal, festooned sides, brackets to open pediments containing winged cherubs on Rocaille scallops in swan-necked pediment to moulded panel surround, the earliest date decipherable is 1737.  To centre is an early C19 stele-shaped plaque on a bracket.  To right a flint walled extension, with segmentally headed chanelled rendered end wall bearing a plaque with heavy foliated consoles and segmental pediment with winged cherubs, trumpets and clouds.  Attached to the western face of the main wall is a plaque similar to the Maxton/Holman plaque; festooned sides, brackets, open pediment, scalloped panel surround, and a festooned urn.
Listing NGR: TR3699265350
English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
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- --- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
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Record last edited
Feb 19 2008 12:26PM