Listed Building: PLAXTOL CHURCH (1072684)
Grade | II* |
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Authority | |
Volume/Map/Item | 190, 6, 20 |
Date assigned | 03 May 1984 |
Date last amended |
Description
TQ 6053 PLAXTOL CHURCH HILL 6/20 (north side)
Plaxtol Church
II*
No dedication. Church. Built 1649, restored 1852, chancel and transepts 1894. Coursed, galletted rubble stone nave and tower on stone plinth. Two-stage tower, crenellated with sole remaining unrestored 1649 window to west. Four-bay nave with gable south porch; C19 gable-parapet and knellers. North and south transepts with 3-light windows, south transept with semi-basement entrance. Boarded and ribbed door, dripmould over. Three-light west window. Corner buttresses round east end, that to north-east on north transeptal chapel arched allowing walkway through. Interior. Original rectangular 6-bay church visible inside. Pointed tower arch. Hammerbeam roof resting on tripled octagonal stone wall-shafts. King posts over. Wooden tie-beam truss roofs in transepts. Raised chancel with barrel-vault supported by carved brackets on imposts. Marble reredos containing 3 wooden relief of the Last Supper, probably Flemish C15. Later relief panel of the parting of the Red Sea in south transept. C17 pulpit, panelled with introduced figure reliefs. Pair of Rococo brass chandeliers, dated 1785. Monument to Thomas Dalyson, d.1741, in the form of a Baroque cartouche.
Listing NGR: TQ6019553640
External Links (0)
Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
Grid reference | TQ 6019 5364 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ65SW |
Civil Parish | PLAXTOL, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Nov 16 2006 11:31AM