Listed Building: CHURCH OF ST MARY (1258355)

Grade II*
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 771, 16, 562
Date assigned 10 September 1954
Date last amended

Description

KEMSING 771/16/562 HIGH STREET 28-AUG-03 KEMSING (North side) CHURCH OF ST MARY II* Nave of early Norman period. Flint rubble walls with ashlar quoins and dressings. Tiled roof. Chancel similar. North aisle and chancel aisle of close-set flints, added in 1890-91 by Sir J G Jackson. C14 timber south porch. Timber bell tower, possibly C16, rises through nave at west end and terminates in shingled spire. Various windows, mostly Cl9 reconstructions in Perpendicular style. Rood screen and loft of 1894 by W J Unsworth contains mediaeval fragments. Rood figures by Comper, as is other chancel enrichment. Cl8 brass chandelier. Half length brass to Thomas de Hop d.1347. Listing NGR: TQ5560858784

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 5560 5878 (point)
Map sheet TQ55NE
Civil Parish KEMSING, SEVENOAKS, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 10:25AM