Towner Jones Chest Tomb Approximately 12 Metres North East of the Chancel of the Church of St Martin, Speldhurst, Kent

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.1308 / 51°7'50"N

Longitude: 0.1594 / 0°9'33"E

OS Eastings: 551190

OS Northings: 139048

OS Grid: TQ511390

Mapcode National: GBR LNH.53H

Mapcode Global: VHHQB.QV41

Plus Code: 9F3245J5+8Q

Entry Name: Towner Jones Chest Tomb Approximately 12 Metres North East of the Chancel of the Church of St Martin

Listing Date: 24 August 1990

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1360988

English Heritage Legacy ID: 438508

ID on this website: 101360988

Location: St Martin's Church, Ashurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3

County: Kent

District: Tunbridge Wells

Civil Parish: Speldhurst

Traditional County: Kent

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent

Church of England Parish: Speldhurst St Mary the Virgin

Church of England Diocese: Rochester

Tagged with: Chest tomb

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Description

TQ 53 NW SPELDHURST ASHURST HILL, ASHURST

7/443 Towner Jones chest tomb approx
12m north east of the chancel
of the Church of St Martin
GV II

Chest tomb. Dated 1811 in memory of William Towner Jones. Sandstone chest
tomb is rectangular in plan with moulded corner pilasters, plain panelled
sides, flat lid with moulded edges, moulded base and plain plinth. Lid is
inscribed with Roman serif upper and lower case lettering and records the
death of William Towner Jones in 1811. Chest tomb is fenced by plain railings
set into the plinth and the standards have bulbous finials.

Listing NGR: TQ5075738974

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Towner Jones Chest Tomb Approximately 12 Metres North East of the Chancel of the Church of St Martin

A Grade II Listed Building in Speldhurst, Kent

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