Description

TL 41 SW
2/11

HUNSDON
EASTWICK ROAD
(east side)
Walker Monument in Hunsdon churchyard next to stables NNE of chancel

GV
II

Monument. 1881. White limestone, hard plaster mouldings to
surrounding wall. A rectangular Gothic tomb chest obscured by
vegetation within a stone walled enclosure with random squared
rubble walls, freestone quoins, a battered base topped by a heavy
ogee base moulding, a row of 5 trefoil pierced stones in the
middle of the long side, and with a heavy series of plaster
capping mouldings. Sinkings for railing removed. The upper part
of the carved limestone monument is a series of diminishing
weathered courses supporting a foliate recumbent cross carved in
high relief with crockets in a row as a cornice. Lombardic
lettered inscription to Walter family. A splended C19 Gothic
monument of special architectural interest, now sadly overgrown.
Part of a group of memorials and church.

Listing NGR: TL4183612738

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26395909

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
• 
  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
• 
  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)