Listed Building record TQ 64 SE 160 - ROW OF 5 DIAMOND HEADSTONES, 6 FOOTSTONES AND 2 BODYSTONES ABOUT 10 METRES WEST OF THE WEST DOOR OF THE CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1753 to 1832

Location

Grid reference TQ 6794 4170 (point)
Map sheet TQ64SE
District TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT
Civil Parish BRENCHLEY, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 67 41 BRENCHLEY HIGH STREET, BRENCHLEY (south side) 15/107 Row of 5 Diamond headstones, 6 footstones and 2 bodystones about 10m west of the west door of the Church of All Saints GV II
5 headstones, 6 footstones and 2 bodystones. Late C18 and early C19. Freestone. A good group of memorials commemorating members of the same family. The headstones are in a row, running south to north. The southernmost commemorates Mary Diamond, died 1787 and other members of the family with 2 footstones at the base. The headstone has an elaborately moulded head carved with a cherub and a resurrected soul represented as a body floating out of a coffin. The next headstone to the north has a scrolled head and commemorates Ann Diamond, died 1828, with 2 footstones. The next headstone to the north has a shaped head and a relief carving of cherubs and a skull and crossbones. It commemorates Joseph Diamond, died 1753. The next headstone to the north commemorates Frances Diamond, died 1791. The scrolled head has a carving in relief showing a woman mourning over a tomb, a book, a serpent eating its tail representing eternity, an inverted torch, a trumpet and the eye of God. The northernmost headstone commemorates Joseph Diamond, died 1804, with 2 bodystones. The head has a central oval panel flanked by scrolls and includes a relief carving of a chalice.
An interesting group illustrating a variety of late C18 emblems of death.
Listing NGR: TQ6794141709


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

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Feb 19 2008 12:26PM