Listed Building: CHURCH OF ST JOHN (1085626)

Grade I
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 956, 36, 425
Date assigned 30 January 1967
Date last amended

Description

1. 5273 ICKHAM AND WELL THE STREET (north-east side) Church of St John TR 2258 36/425 30.1.67 I GV 2. This church originally belonged to Christ Church Priory. Early English with transepts added in second quarter of C14. Built of flint. Cruciform building with aisles to the nave, south porch and west tower with broached shingled spire. Norman west doorway with embattled moulding billet hood and scalloped capitals. The nave, aisles and tower are late C12, the chancel is C13, the transepts are C14, the south porch is C19. The whole building was restored in 1901. The north transept belonged to the owners of Lee Priory and has a C14 effigy of William Heghtresbury. The south transept belonged to the owners of the Baye estate and contains the C14 tomb of Sir Thomas de Baa. Wall monuments. Double piscina. The churchyard contains some C18 headstones with skull, urn or cherub motifs. Listing NGR: TR2221358143

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  • Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

Map

Location

Grid reference TR 2221 5814 (point)
Map sheet TR25NW
Civil Parish ICKHAM AND WELL, CANTERBURY, KENT

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 4:25PM