Listed Building: CHURCH OF ST PETER (1298996)

Grade I
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 956, 9, 120
Date assigned 30 January 1967
Date last amended

Description

1. 5273 BEKESBOURNE SCHOOL LANE Church of St Peter (formerly listed under Adisham Road) TR 15 NE 9/120 30.1.67 I 2. Built of flint with stone dressings. Chancel, nave and west tower in 2 stages with crenellated parapet. The nave and tower are C12, the chancel C13. Round-arched Norman doorway with zigzag mouldings and crude heads carved on responds. Transept dated 1715, with south wall faced with mathematical tiles. The church was greatly restored in 1881-90. Monuments including Sir Henry Palmer deceased 1611. The churchyard contains C18 skull, cherub, hourglass and spade and mattock motif headstones, chest tombs and oval bodystones. Listing NGR: TR1948255681

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Sources (1)

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TR 1951 5546 (point)
Map sheet TR15NE
Civil Parish BEKESBOURNE-WITH-PATRIXBOURNE, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 4:25PM