JEKYLL MEMORIAL APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES SOUTH EAST OF SOUTH EAST CORNER OF CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST

JEKYLL MEMORIAL APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES SOUTH EAST OF SOUTH EAST CORNER OF CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, BRIGHTON ROAD

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1044532
Date first listed:: 01-Feb-1991
List Entry Name:: JEKYLL MEMORIAL APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES SOUTH EAST OF SOUTH EAST CORNER OF CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
Statutory Address:: JEKYLL MEMORIAL APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES SOUTH EAST OF SOUTH EAST CORNER OF CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, BRIGHTON ROAD

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1044532
Date first listed:: 01-Feb-1991
List Entry Name:: JEKYLL MEMORIAL APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES SOUTH EAST OF SOUTH EAST CORNER OF CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
Statutory Address 1:: JEKYLL MEMORIAL APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES SOUTH EAST OF SOUTH EAST CORNER OF CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, BRIGHTON ROAD

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Statutory Address:: JEKYLL MEMORIAL APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES SOUTH EAST OF SOUTH EAST CORNER OF CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, BRIGHTON ROAD

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County:: Surrey
District:: Waverley (District Authority)
Parish:: Godalming
National Grid Reference:: SU 97864 42899

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GODALMING BRIGHTON ROAD SU 9742 (south west side, off), Busbridge 16/39 Jekyll Memorial approx 5 metres south-east of south-east corner of Church of St John the Baptist GV II

Memorial. c.1932. By E Lutyens for Herbert and Gertrude Jekyll. Ashlar. Square enclosure with low plinth wall. Rising from front plinth and 3 plain, shouldered, slabs with projecting bases which commemorate Gertrude, d.1932 (on left), Sir Herbert, d.1932, on right, and Agnes, wife of Sir Herbert, d.1860. Rear and rear part of side walls have panels each with 2 pulvinated rails, the top rail inscribed: 'In remembrance of Herbert and Gertrude Jekyll long time dwellers in their homes in Munstead who passed to their rest in the Autumn of 1932. / Their joy was in the work of their hands: their memorial is the beauty which lives after them. / Also of Agnes Jekyll whose spirit ever dwelt in loving kindness'. Added below inscription is memorial to Francis Jekyll, d.1965, only son of Herbert and Agnes.

Listing NGR: SU9786442899

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.