PAIR OF HARTRIDGE HEADSTONES APPROXIMATELY 4 METRES WEST SOUTH WEST OF THE TOWER OF THE OLD CHURCH OF ST PETER

PAIR OF HARTRIDGE HEADSTONES APPROXIMATELY 4 METRES WEST SOUTH WEST OF THE TOWER OF THE OLD CHURCH OF ST PETER, OLD CHURCH ROAD

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1240287
Date first listed:: 24-Aug-1990
List Entry Name:: PAIR OF HARTRIDGE HEADSTONES APPROXIMATELY 4 METRES WEST SOUTH WEST OF THE TOWER OF THE OLD CHURCH OF ST PETER
Statutory Address:: PAIR OF HARTRIDGE HEADSTONES APPROXIMATELY 4 METRES WEST SOUTH WEST OF THE TOWER OF THE OLD CHURCH OF ST PETER, OLD CHURCH ROAD

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1240287
Date first listed:: 24-Aug-1990
List Entry Name:: PAIR OF HARTRIDGE HEADSTONES APPROXIMATELY 4 METRES WEST SOUTH WEST OF THE TOWER OF THE OLD CHURCH OF ST PETER
Statutory Address 1:: PAIR OF HARTRIDGE HEADSTONES APPROXIMATELY 4 METRES WEST SOUTH WEST OF THE TOWER OF THE OLD CHURCH OF ST PETER, OLD CHURCH ROAD

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

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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.

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

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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Statutory Address:: PAIR OF HARTRIDGE HEADSTONES APPROXIMATELY 4 METRES WEST SOUTH WEST OF THE TOWER OF THE OLD CHURCH OF ST PETER, OLD CHURCH ROAD

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County:: Kent
District:: Tunbridge Wells (District Authority)
Parish:: Pembury
National Grid Reference:: TQ 62581 42973

Details

TQ 64 SW PEMBURY OLD CHURCH ROAD

5/408 Pair of Hartridge headstones approx 4m west south west of the tower of the Old Church of St Peter GV II

Pair of adjacent headstones. Dated 1684 and 1782 in memory of members of the Hartridge family. Both are upright slabs of sandstone with shaped heads. The oldest is the smaller of the two to right standing approx 500mm high. Its recessed front is inscribed in Roman serif capitals and records the death of Michael Hartridge in 1684. The left hand headstone stands approx 1.2m high. Its head is carved with 2 winged cherubs heads in profile facing each other amongst scrolls. The inscription is Roman serif upper and lower case lettering and it records the deaths of James Hartridge in 1764 and his wife Elizabeth in 1782.

Listing NGR: TQ6268442960

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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.