2 ADJACENT HEADSTONES APPROXIMATELY 1 METRE SOUTH OF THE NAVE OF THE OLD CHURHC OF ST PETER

2 ADJACENT HEADSTONES APPROXIMATELY 1 METRE SOUTH OF THE NAVE OF THE OLD CHURHC OF ST PETER, OLD CHURCH ROAD

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1360939
Date first listed:: 24-Aug-1990
List Entry Name:: 2 ADJACENT HEADSTONES APPROXIMATELY 1 METRE SOUTH OF THE NAVE OF THE OLD CHURHC OF ST PETER
Statutory Address:: 2 ADJACENT HEADSTONES APPROXIMATELY 1 METRE SOUTH OF THE NAVE OF THE OLD CHURHC OF ST PETER, OLD CHURCH ROAD

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1360939
Date first listed:: 24-Aug-1990
List Entry Name:: 2 ADJACENT HEADSTONES APPROXIMATELY 1 METRE SOUTH OF THE NAVE OF THE OLD CHURHC OF ST PETER
Statutory Address 1:: 2 ADJACENT HEADSTONES APPROXIMATELY 1 METRE SOUTH OF THE NAVE OF THE OLD CHURHC 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.

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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:: 2 ADJACENT HEADSTONES APPROXIMATELY 1 METRE SOUTH OF THE NAVE OF THE OLD CHURHC OF ST PETER, OLD CHURCH ROAD

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County:: Kent
District:: Tunbridge Wells (District Authority)
Parish:: Pembury
National Grid Reference:: TQ 62605 42972

Details

TQ 64 SW PEMBURY OLD CHURCH ROAD

5/414 2 adjacent headstones approx lm south of the nave of the Old Church of St Peter GV II

2 adjacent headstones. Dated 1762 and 1792. Both are upright sandstone slabs. The right one stands approx 1.1m high. Its shaped head is carved with an hourglass in front of crossed trumpets with scrolls around. The first line of the inscription is in Gothic lettering, the rest in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering. It records the death of Joshia Parks in 1762. Adjacent to the left (north) is a taller headstone, approx1.5m high. Its shaped head is carved with a radiating sunburst flanked by swags of nut-and-husk. The inscription is in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering with italics in the open pages of a book above an apron on drapery. The inscription is faint and illegible in all but perfect lighting conditions.

Listing NGR: TQ6268442960

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Legacy System number:: 438444
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.