Listed Building record TQ 75 SW 77 - Holy Trinity Chapel at Linton Hospital
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 7439 5103 (point) Estimated from sources |
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Map sheet | TQ75SW |
County | KENT |
District | MAIDSTONE, KENT |
Civil Parish | COXHEATH, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Type and Period (3)
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.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SKE6841 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