Listed Building record TQ 54 SE 71 - PAIR OF COYTE HEADSTONES ADJACENT EAST WALL OF THE CHANCEL OF THE CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1733 to 1735

Location

Grid reference TQ 5536 4144 (point)
Map sheet TQ54SE
District TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT
Civil Parish SPELDHURST, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 55 41 SPELDHURST SPELDHURST HILL (north side), SPELDHURST 12/563 Pair of Coyte headstones adjacent east wall of the chancel of the Church of St Mary the Virgin GV II
Pair of adjacent headstones. Dated 1733 and 1735 in memory of William and Ann Coyte. Both are similar upright sandstone slabs standing approx 650mm high. Both have shaped heads which are carved above inscriptions in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering. The left one, in memory of Ann Coyte (died 1735), has a head carved with a crowned skull with wings. The right one, in memory of William Coyte (died 1733) has its head carved with an anchor in a roundel flanked by scrolls.
Listing NGR: TQ5537041442


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