Pair of Hubble Headstone Approximately 3.5 Metres East of the Chancel of the Church of St Thomas A Becket
PAIR OF HUBBLE HEADSTONE APPROXIMATELY 3.5 METRES EAST OF THE CHANCEL OF THE CHURCH OF ST THOMAS A BECKET, CHURCH LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1262841
- Date first listed:
- 24-Aug-1990
- List Entry Name:
- Pair of Hubble Headstone Approximately 3.5 Metres East of the Chancel of the Church of St Thomas A Becket
- Statutory Address:
- PAIR OF HUBBLE HEADSTONE APPROXIMATELY 3.5 METRES EAST OF THE CHANCEL OF THE CHURCH OF ST THOMAS A BECKET, CHURCH LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1262841
- Date first listed:
- 24-Aug-1990
- List Entry Name:
- Pair of Hubble Headstone Approximately 3.5 Metres East of the Chancel of the Church of St Thomas A Becket
- Statutory Address 1:
- PAIR OF HUBBLE HEADSTONE APPROXIMATELY 3.5 METRES EAST OF THE CHANCEL OF THE CHURCH OF ST THOMAS A BECKET, CHURCH LANE
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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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- PAIR OF HUBBLE HEADSTONE APPROXIMATELY 3.5 METRES EAST OF THE CHANCEL OF THE CHURCH OF ST THOMAS A BECKET, CHURCH LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Tunbridge Wells (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Capel
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 63749 44515
Details
TQ 64 SW CAPEL CHURCH LANE
5/229 Pair of Hubble headstones approx 3.5m east of the chancel of the Church of St Thomas A Becket GV II
Pair of headstones. Mid C18 in memory of members of the Hubble family. 2 good headstones, each an upright slab of sandstone standing approx l.l-1.3m high with shaped head carved with a biblical scene in low relief. The inscriptions begin in Gothic lettering but are mostly in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering including some italics. The left (northern) one represents the Good Samaritan and the inscription records the death of Thomas Hubble, senior, in 1740. The right one features a Judgement Day scene and commemorates the death of Thomas Hubble in 1764 and his son John in 1763.
Listing NGR: TQ6382444536
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 433902
- 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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