Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metres South of the Chancel of the Old Church of St Peter
CHEST TOMB APPROXIMATELY 1 METRES SOUTH OF THE CHANCEL OF THE OLD CHURCH OF ST PETER, OLD CHURCH ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1239918
- Date first listed:
- 24-Aug-1990
- List Entry Name:
- Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metres South of the Chancel of the Old Church of St Peter
- Statutory Address:
- CHEST TOMB APPROXIMATELY 1 METRES SOUTH OF THE CHANCEL OF THE OLD CHURCH OF ST PETER, OLD CHURCH ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1239918
- Date first listed:
- 24-Aug-1990
- List Entry Name:
- Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metres South of the Chancel of the Old Church of St Peter
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHEST TOMB APPROXIMATELY 1 METRES SOUTH OF THE CHANCEL OF THE OLD CHURCH OF ST PETER, OLD CHURCH ROAD
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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.
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHEST TOMB APPROXIMATELY 1 METRES SOUTH OF THE CHANCEL OF THE OLD CHURCH OF ST PETER, OLD 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:
- Pembury
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 62611 42972
Details
TQ 64 SW PEMBURY OLD CHURCH ROAD
5/398 Chest tomb approx 1m south of the chancel of the Old Church of St Peter GV II
Chest tomb. Dated 1803 in memory of Ann West. White marble on a brick plinth. Rectangular in plan with fluted corner pilasters and panelled sides containing oval plaques. Moulded base and flat lid with moulded edges. The southern plaque is inscribed with Roman serif upper and lower case lettering and records the death of Ann West of Bayhall in 1803.
Apparently Ann West was so afraid of being buried in a trance that she left instructions that, when she was buried, the lid was to be left off her coffin and one end of the tomb was to be left open, and her butler was instructed to bring food and drink every day for twelve months in case she woke up. The east end was open until 1947.
Source Mary Standen. Pembury in the Past (1984), p.23.
Listing NGR: TQ6268442960
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 437941
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Standen, M, Pembury in the Past, (1984)
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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