Listed Building: CHURCH OF ST MARY (1068690)

Grade I
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1155, 11, 1
Date assigned 14 February 1967
Date last amended

Description

1. 5272 WESTWELL THE STREET Church of St. Mary TQ 94 NE 11/1 14.2.67. I 2. Chancel with north and south porches, nave with aisles, south porch and west tower with broached shingled stairs. C13, except C16 south porch. Four bay nave. The columns of the south arcade of the nave lean outwards and are supported by wooden braces or flying buttresses right across the south aisle. The exterior south wall of aisle is also supported by a brick buttress, added in 1885. The stone chancel arch, or screen is most unusual and consists of 2 very tall thin columns in the centre, forming 3 narrow arches with trefoil heads. Stone vault to the chancel roof. Choir stalls arranged in monastic fashion. South aisle has a collar beam and crown post roof. Piscina and triple sedilia. The churchyard contains C17 headstones, with primitive skulls incised, C13 headstones with cherub motifs and oval bodystones. Listing NGR: TQ9901247488

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Sources (1)

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 9906 4748 (point)
Map sheet TQ94NE
Civil Parish WESTWELL, ASHFORD, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 17 2006 9:59AM