Listed Building record TQ 53 NW 115 - ANONYMOUS HEADSTONE APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES SOUTH OF THE PORCH OF THE CHURCH OF ST MARTIN

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1756 to 1762

Location

Grid reference TQ 5117 3902 (point)
Map sheet TQ53NW
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 53 NW SPELDHURST ASHURST HILL, ASHURST
7/436 Anonymous headstone approx 5m south of the porch of the Church of St Martin GV II
Triple headstone. Circa 1762 in memory of members of the same family (surname not noted). Broad upright sandstone slab standing approx 500mm high. It has a triple-headed shaped top, each carved with the same motif; a winged cherub head with rosettes over crossed trumpets. 3 inscriptions. Each begins in Gothic lettering followed by Roman serif upper and lower case lettering. The surname of the deceased was not noted but from left to right the panels record the deaths of the infant Thomas in 1756, Mary in 1760 and Elizabeth in 1762.
Listing NGR: TQ5075738974


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

Feb 19 2008 12:26PM