Listed Building record TR 04 NE 133 - GROUP OF 7 HEADSTONES ABOUT 50 METRES NORTH EAST OF CHURCH OF SAINT GREGORY AND SAINT MARTIN

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1744 to 1761

Location

Grid reference TR 0546 4691 (point)
Map sheet TR04NE
District ASHFORD, KENT
Civil Parish WYE WITH HINXHILL, ASHFORD, KENT

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TR 0446 0546 WYE HIGH STREET (north side)
8/262 Group of 7 head- stones about 50 metres north-east of Church of SS Gregory and Martin
GV II
Group of 7 headstones. Cosman Ertz Berger, d. 1744. About 3½ feet high, with scrolled shoulders to cornice, wreathed skulls and trumpets and central cartouche. Ertz Berger was from Basl (Switzerland), became a member of household of Earls of Winchelsea, lived in Wye for 65 years, dying 89 years old. Thomas Franklin d. 1761, Glazier and Plumber of this town. About 2 feet high, with incised round arched panel and scrolled shoulders to double domed head with central baluster support, with skull and trumpet to left, winged hourglass to right. Barbara Franklin, d. 1758. Identical to the last, as is an adjacent headstone to the south, the inscription illegible. James Phillpott, d. 1755. About 2 feet high with cherub head, and florid Rocaille decoration with scallop shells. Catherine Phillpott d. 1744, about 2 feet high, with crude scrolled shoulders and skull and trumpet motif, with round headed plaque. Reverend John Bateman, d. 1749. About 2½ feet high, with single skull and palm fronds spouting from scrolled shoulders.
Listing NGR: TR0546546917


English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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Record last edited

Feb 19 2008 12:26PM