Thomas Tipper Monument, 20 Metres West Of Porch is a Grade II listed building in the Lewes local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 February 1993. Monument.

Thomas Tipper Monument, 20 Metres West Of Porch

WRENN ID
dreaming-jade-ochre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lewes
Country
England
Date first listed
10 February 1993
Type
Monument
Source
Historic England listing

Description

NEWHAVEN

TQ4401SW CHURCH HILL 769-1/7/5 (East side) Thomas Tipper Monument, 20m West of porch,

GV II

Headstone. Dated 1785. Ashlar stone. Shaped head with a depiction in relief of Newhaven Bridge. Inscribed to the brewer Thomas Tipper, whose many good qualities, and those of his ales, are recorded in a fine poem below. Tipper's brewery stood beside the bridge depicted, adjoining the Bridge Hotel (qv). The bridge, a drawbridge, was erected two years before Tipper's death, in 1783, and linked Newhaven to Denton. it was designed by John Plaw of London and was demolished in 1865-6. An unusual headstone of considerable historic interest.

Listing NGR: TQ4423801120

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