Listed Building record TQ 75 NW 294 - SPONG TOMB MONUMENT 15 YARDS TO THE SOUTH OF AYLESFORD CHURCH

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1815 to 1815

Location

Grid reference TQ 7294 5901 (point)
Map sheet TQ75NW
District TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT
Civil Parish AYLESFORD, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
AYLESFORD CP CHURCH LANE TQ 7259 (north side) 11/33 Spong tomb monument 15 yards to the south - of Aylesford Church
GV II
Tomb monument. Dated 1815. Stone. Wide plinth to pedestal, with moulded foot and cornice, carrying large coade stone urn. Inscribed to John and Rosamund Spong. Wrought-iron railed surround with urns on standards. John Spong was the model for Mr Wardle of Dingley Dell in Charles Dickens "The Pickwick Papers".
Listing NGR: TQ7294459015


English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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

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Record last edited

Aug 30 2011 11:37AM