Listed Building record TQ 54 SE 120 - GROUP OF 3 CHEST TOMBS APPROXIMATELY 6 METRES NORTH OF THE PORCH OF THE CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1830 to 1833

Location

Grid reference TQ 5534 4147 (point)
Map sheet TQ54SE
District TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT
Civil Parish SPELDHURST, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 55 41 SPELDHURST SPELDHURST HILL (north side), SPELDHURST 12/556 Group of 3 chest tombs approx 8m north of the porch of the Church of St Mary the Virgin GV II
Group of 3 headstones. First half of the C19. The one closest to the church is white marble and sarcophagus-shaped. It is completely overgrown with ivy and therefore no inscription was noted. Another white marble chest tomb close by is rectangular in plan its flat lid has moulded edges and it has a moulded plinth. Panelled corner pilasters and plain rectangular panels each side. The south panel has collapsed but the remains of the inscription in Roman serif capitals records the death of Jacob Jeddere in 1833. Close by is another chest tomb. This is sandstone and similar in form except that the panels here project with indented corners. Inscription in Roman serif capitals on the south side records the death of John Beecher of Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells, in 1830.
Listing NGR: TQ5534241472


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

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Record last edited

Feb 19 2008 12:26PM