Listed Building record TQ 64 SW 54 - PAIR OF MILLS HEADSTONES APPROXIMATELY 9 METRES SOUTH OF THE NAVE OF THE CHURCH OF ST THOMAS A BECKET

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1767 to 1799

Location

Grid reference TQ 6373 4450 (point)
Map sheet TQ64SW
District TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT
Civil Parish CAPEL, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 64 SW CAPEL CHURCH LANE
5/231 Pair of Mills headstones approx 9m south of the nave of the Church of St Thomas A Becket GV II
Pair of adjacent headstones. Both late C18 in memory of members of the Mills family. Both upright slabs of sandstone. The northern one stands approx 1.25m high and its shaped head is enriched with scrolls and is carved with a child reading a book. The inscription begins in Gothic lettering but most is Roman serif upper and lower case lettering and records the death of William Mills in 1771. Alongside a simpler stone with a shaped head standing approx 800mm high. It is inscribed in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering and records the death of 4-year old William Mills in 1780.
Listing NGR: TQ6382444536


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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Aug 27 2024 1:28PM