Listed Building: CHURCH OF ST MARTIN (1242166)

Grade I
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 856, 6, 161
Date assigned 03 December 1949
Date last amended

Description

944 ST MARTIN'S HILL Church of St Martin TR 1557 NE 6/161 3.12.49 I Reputed to be the oldest Parich Church in England. On the same site was a church bused by Roman Christians. This is supposed to be the church outside the city walls where, before the Conversion, Queen Bertha worshipped with her chaplin Bishop Liudhard. THe Saxon font is traditionally associated with the baptism of King Ethelbert. The exterior is built of bands of flint, Roman brick and rubble. tiled roof and squat C14 crenellated tower. The interior contains a C7 chancel, altered in the C14, a Norman piscina and holy water stoup and a Squint. There is a memorial tablet to Sir John FInch, Speaker of the HOuse of Commons in the reign of Charles I. Listing NGR: TR1586557758

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TR 1586 5775 (point)
Map sheet TR15NE
Civil Parish CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 4:25PM