Group of 2 Headstones and 2 Chest Tombs About 20 Metres North of Church of St Mary

GROUP OF 2 HEADSTONES AND 2 CHEST TOMBS ABOUT 20 METRES NORTH OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH ROAD

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1115564
Date first listed:
22-Jun-1989
List Entry Name:
Group of 2 Headstones and 2 Chest Tombs About 20 Metres North of Church of St Mary
Statutory Address:
GROUP OF 2 HEADSTONES AND 2 CHEST TOMBS ABOUT 20 METRES NORTH OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH ROAD

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Date:
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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1115564
Date first listed:
22-Jun-1989
List Entry Name:
Group of 2 Headstones and 2 Chest Tombs About 20 Metres North of Church of St Mary
Statutory Address 1:
GROUP OF 2 HEADSTONES AND 2 CHEST TOMBS ABOUT 20 METRES NORTH OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH ROAD

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:
GROUP OF 2 HEADSTONES AND 2 CHEST TOMBS ABOUT 20 METRES NORTH OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH ROAD

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Kent
District:
Tunbridge Wells (District Authority)
Parish:
Goudhurst
National Grid Reference:
TQ 72399 37842

Details

GOUDHURST CHURCH ROAD TQ 7237-7337 (south side) 15/127 Group of 2 headstones and 2 chest tombs about 20 metres north of Church of St Mary GV II Headstone to ? Williams, wife of Thomas Williams. Mid C18. Stone. About 4 feet high, with scrolled shoulders on pedestals, and scrolled head, with 2 cherubs' heads in profile. Headstone to Thomas Williams, d.1783. Stone, about 4 feet high, with rococo scrolled shoulders and head, and motifs of 2 cherubs' heads, rayed crown, serpent biting its tail and open book. More refined in execution than his wife's stone. Two simple early C18 chest tombs nearby, with crudely ogee moulded top slabs on monolithic bases.

Listing NGR: TQ7239937842

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Legacy System number:
169477
Legacy System:
LBS

Legal

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

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