Listed Building: PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARY (1116287)
Grade | I |
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Authority | |
Volume/Map/Item | 945, 18, 252 |
Date assigned | 16 August 1962 |
Date last amended |
Description
ROLVENDEN 1. 5272 Parish Church of St Mary TQ 8431 18/252 16.8.62. I
2. Built of rubble sandstone with west tower of ironstone. Chancel with North and South Chapels, Nave with Aisles, North Porch with parvise and West Tower. Lancet windows in the Chancel, the arcades of the Chancel and the South arcade of the Nave are C15, the North Aisle of the Nave is C14. The remainder of the Church is C15. Five bay Nave with Kingpost roof. Organ supported on 4 octagonal cast iron columns. In the South, or St Katherine and St Mary's Chapel is an unusual Gallery, erected in 1825, which is the family pew of the occupants of Hole Park. Beneath this Gallery is the mortuary Chapel of the Gybbon-Monypenny family which occupied Hole Park prior to the present century. The churchyard contains table tombs, oval bodystones and C18 headstones with skull, hourglass, serpent biting tail, heavenly crown, urn and cherub and trumpet motifs.
Listing NGR: TQ8451231219
External Links (0)
Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
Grid reference | TQ 8450 3121 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ83SW |
Civil Parish | ROLVENDEN, ASHFORD, KENT |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Nov 17 2006 9:59AM