MATTHEW DIAMOND HEADSTONE ABOUT 11 METRES SOUTH WEST OF THE WEST DOOR OF THE CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS

MATTHEW DIAMOND HEADSTONE ABOUT 11 METRES SOUTH WEST OF THE WEST DOOR OF THE CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, HIGH STREET

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1263458
Date first listed:: 24-Aug-1990
List Entry Name:: MATTHEW DIAMOND HEADSTONE ABOUT 11 METRES SOUTH WEST OF THE WEST DOOR OF THE CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS
Statutory Address:: MATTHEW DIAMOND HEADSTONE ABOUT 11 METRES SOUTH WEST OF THE WEST DOOR OF THE CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, HIGH STREET

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1263458
Date first listed:: 24-Aug-1990
List Entry Name:: MATTHEW DIAMOND HEADSTONE ABOUT 11 METRES SOUTH WEST OF THE WEST DOOR OF THE CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS
Statutory Address 1:: MATTHEW DIAMOND HEADSTONE ABOUT 11 METRES SOUTH WEST OF THE WEST DOOR OF THE CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, HIGH STREET

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:: MATTHEW DIAMOND HEADSTONE ABOUT 11 METRES SOUTH WEST OF THE WEST DOOR OF THE CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, HIGH STREET

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

County:: Kent
District:: Tunbridge Wells (District Authority)
Parish:: Brenchley and Matfield
National Grid Reference:: TQ 67940 41699

Details

TQ 67 41 BRENCHLEY HIGH STREET, BRENCHLEY (south side) 15/106 Matthew Diamond headstone about llm south west of the west door of the Church of All Saints GV II

Headstone. 1676. Freestone. Shouldered headstone with a round-headed arched head. The inscription commemorates Matthew Diamond, died 1670. Rustic carving in relief in the head includes an hourglass, scythe and head. Below the inscription the words "Don by Robert Diamond, Son of Matthew Diamond ano domi 1676". The attribution is unusual at this date, suggesting a tradition in which relatives (either professional or amateur masons) made headstones for members of their family.

Listing NGR: TQ6793941704

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Legacy System number:: 432238
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.