Gossum headstone approximately 12m south west of the tower of the Church of St Mary the Virgin

Gossum headstone approximately 12m south west of the tower of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Speldhurst Hill

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1241522
Date first listed:: 24-Aug-1990
List Entry Name:: Gossum headstone approximately 12m south west of the tower of the Church of St Mary the Virgin
Statutory Address:: Gossum headstone approximately 12m south west of the tower of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Speldhurst Hill

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1241522
Date first listed:: 24-Aug-1990
List Entry Name:: Gossum headstone approximately 12m south west of the tower of the Church of St Mary the Virgin
Statutory Address 1:: Gossum headstone approximately 12m south west of the tower of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Speldhurst Hill

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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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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Location

Statutory Address:: Gossum headstone approximately 12m south west of the tower of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Speldhurst Hill

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

County:: Kent
District:: Tunbridge Wells (District Authority)
Parish:: Speldhurst
National Grid Reference:: TQ 55333 41410

Details

TQ 55 41 12/568

SPELDHURST SPELDHURSTHILL (north side), Gossum headstone approximately 12m south west of the tower of the Church of St Mary the Virgin

GV II Headstone. Dated 1721 in memory of Richard Gossum. Upright sandstone slab standing approximately 1.5m high. Its shaped head is carved with a good (if somewhat rustic) representation of the Good Samaritan story with scrolls around following the shape of the head. Inscription below in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering records the death of Richard Gossum in 1721. The grave is complete with a pair of body stones and footstones, the latter inscribed BG and AG.

Listing NGR: TQ5533341410

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Legacy System number:: 440616
Legacy System:: LBS

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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.