Description

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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26511820

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings