Group Of Seven Memorials Including Five Joyner Tombs Centred Circa 18 Metres West Of North Porch Door To Parish Church Of St Bartholomew

SO 70 SE 2/58A

COALEY THE STREET (east side) Group of seven memorials including five Joyner tombs centred c18 metres west of north porch door to Parish Church of St Bartholomew

GV II Group of seven memorials. Dated as individually below; recorded from northwest to southeast. Earliest decipherable date given.

(i) Pedestal tomb. Early C19. Sandstone. Square domed top, moulded frieze, and plinth on base, raised elliptical panels north and south, and square with undulating head, east and west. WILLIAM JOYNER, 1812.

(ii) Chest tomb. Early C18. Limestone. Moulded top, baroque panels, base concealed at time of survey. Inscriptions not legible.

(iii) Pedestal tomb. Late C18. Sandstone. Square, low moulded top with pyramidal capping, segmental ends, reeded ¼ columns. Plain panels with quadrant cut-out corners north and south, tree branches to end panels. Formerly contained in railings . - JOYNER, 1792.

(iv) Pedestal tomb. Late C19. Sandstone. Square, pyramidal top, Victoria ¾ columns, moulded base, pointed and decorated inscription panels. - JOYNER, 1867.

Items (i)-(iv) lie immediately adjacent to the path to north porch.

(v) Pedestal tomb. Mid C19. Sandstone. Square, pyramidal top and moulded edge, cavetto plinth, on base course, plain panels. - JOYNER, 1851. Partly overgrown with ivy at time of survey.

(vi) Lofty chest tomb. Early C19 or late C18. Limestone. Moulded top and base, elliptical panels with leaf embellishment, quarter balusters. ROBERT JOYNER, 1804.

(vii) Pedestal tomb. Mid C19. Sandstone. Square, pyramidal top, fluted frieze and moulded base, ¾ roman Doric fluted columns, elliptical inscription panels. On larger base, formerly railed. JOHN NEEMS, 1852.

A comparatively late set of memorials, but a compact group with both architectural and historic value.

Listing NGR: SO7711801728