Peto Monument Approximately 2.5 Metres South of the Chancel of the Old Church of St Peter
PETO MONUMENT APPROXIMATELY 2.5 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:
- 1254446
- Date first listed:
- 24-Aug-1990
- List Entry Name:
- Peto Monument Approximately 2.5 Metres South of the Chancel of the Old Church of St Peter
- Statutory Address:
- PETO MONUMENT APPROXIMATELY 2.5 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:
- 1254446
- Date first listed:
- 24-Aug-1990
- List Entry Name:
- Peto Monument Approximately 2.5 Metres South of the Chancel of the Old Church of St Peter
- Statutory Address 1:
- PETO MONUMENT APPROXIMATELY 2.5 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:
- PETO MONUMENT APPROXIMATELY 2.5 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 62608 42965
Details
TQ 64 SW PEMBURY OLD CHURCH ROAD
5/400 Peto monument approx 2.5m south of the chancel of the Old Church of St Peter GV II
Monument. Dated 1889 in memory of Sir Samuel Morton Peto in 1889. Sandstone ashlar. Double grave surrounded by low area walls and moulded coping and large upright double headstone with curvilinear shaped double head. Both heads have low relief carved panels, the left one featuring mourning figures in classical robes and the right one featuring angels with the legend "He is risen". Decorative frieze below and below that 2 plaques, both with guttae below. Scrolled wings both sides. The inscriptions in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering and records the deaths of Sir Samuel Morton Peto in 1889 and his widow Sarah Ainsworth in 1892.
Sir Samuel Morton Peto, was a prominent Non-conformist and, as an M.P., was responsible for the passing of an Act to allow Non-conformist ministers to bury anyone in a churchyard and, it is said, he was the first person to be buried under this Act.
Source Mary Standen. Pembury in the Past (1984), p.22.
Listing NGR: TQ6268442960
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 437943
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Standen, M, Pembury in the Past, (1984), 22
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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