Amon Wilds Grave, St Nicholas's Churchyard
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Amon Wilds Grave, St Nicholas's Churchyard
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 11 Jan 2009
Wilds, and his son Amon Henry Wilds, was responsible for much of the Regency architecture in Brighton and other nearby towns and was buried here in 1833 the gravestone being designed by the son and featuring an ammonite fossil on the grave. Fossil huniting was one of Amon Wilds' other passions and both he and his son first used the ammonite on their architecture when redesigning fossil hunter Gideon Mantell's house in Lewes. It subsequently became a trademark flourish particularly as a pun on both their names and can be observed in many pieces of architecture around the town. The houses in Church Street can be seen to the rear of the churchyard.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.825179
Longitude
-0.143988