Listed Building record TQ 75 SW 77 - Holy Trinity Chapel at Linton Hospital

Summary

GII chapel built in 1883 of Kentish ragstone for the Maidstone Union Workhouse. Summary from record TQ 75 SW 233: Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1883 to 1883

Location

Grid reference TQ 7439 5103 (point) Estimated from sources
Map sheet TQ75SW
County KENT
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish COXHEATH, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Full Description

Chapel to Linton Hospital. 1883. Built of coursed ragstone with slate roof, Nave with lower chancel, aisles, transepts and south vestry and north and south porches. Nave has clerestory with 3 triangular-shaped gables with sexfoil openings and aisles have 6 lancets and buttresses. Gabled porches with wood moulding and blank trefoil. South transept has elaborate arched window with sexfoil and three trefoliated lancets. Arched doorcase and gabled bell turret. East front has arched window with circular light and triple trefoliated lancets. Offset buttresses, 5 bay nave has to interior roof of arched trace and hammer beam type with trefoliated moulding to spandrels resting on stone corbels. Quatrefoil frieze to ridge. Stone arch on short marble columns. Chancel has ribbed roof, arched recess to north andsmall arched recess and arch to vestry on south side. Stained glass window of 1885 depicting crucifiction with a dove and Star of David above. Encaustic floor tiles to sanctury and middle of nave. Pillar type octagonal stone font at back of nave.(1)

Description from record TQ 75 SW 233:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
COXHEATH HOLY TRINITY TQ 75 SW Coxheath 2/262 II Chapel to hospital. 1883. Built of coursed ragstone with slate roof, Nave with lower chancel, aisles, transepts and south vestry and north and south porches. Nave has clerestory with 3 triangular-shaped gables with sexfoil openings and aisles have 6 lancets and buttresses. Gabled porches with wood moulding and blank trefoil. South transept has elaborate arched window with sexfoil and 3 trefoliated lancets. Arched doorcase and gabled bell turret. East front has arched window with circular light and triple trefoliated lancets. Offset buttresses, 5 bay nave has to interior roof of arched trace and hammer beam type with trefoliated moulding to spandrels resting on stone corbels. Quatrefoil frieze to ridge. Stone arch on short marble co1umns. Chancel has ribbed roof, arched recess to north and small arched recess and arch to vestry on south side. Stained glass window of 1885 depicting crucifixion with dove and Star of David above. Encaustic floor tiles to sanctury and middle of nave. Pillar type octagonal stone font at back of nave.
Listing NGR: TQ7414651322


<1> RCHME, 1993, Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England: Compilation of Kent Hospitals Record Sheets (Unpublished document). SKE6841.

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  • <1> Unpublished document: RCHME. 1993. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England: Compilation of Kent Hospitals Record Sheets.

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Survey of Linton Hospital (EKE5062)

Record last edited

Aug 27 2009 12:11PM