Listed Building record TR 03 NE 130 - CHURCH OF ST MARTIN

Summary

Grade I listed building. Main construction periods 1000 to 1911. St Martin, dates from the 12th century, the tall west tower with rich ornamentations on the west front was under construction circa 1507-47. The crowning battlements came only in 1911. Saxo-Norman evidence in the nave and chancel, first the tall, narrow doorway to the nave, secondly the blocked chancel window. The original north-east chancel quoin, not of dressed stones, provides evidence that the chancel has been lengthened, this happened in the 13th century. The extremely thick walls of the south-west vestry has lead to a belief that it is the stump of an 11th century tower.

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Grid reference TR 0749 3618 (point)
Map sheet TR03NE
County KENT
District ASHFORD, KENT
Civil Parish ALDINGTON, ASHFORD, KENT

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<1> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.

<2> Arch Cant 41 1929 143-9 plan illusts (F C Elliston Erwood) (OS Card Reference). SKE35095.

<3> F1 ASP 30-NOV-1962 (OS Card Reference). SKE42358.

<4> DOE(HHR) Boro of East Ashford Kent July 1955 3 (OS Card Reference). SKE40829.

<5> DOE(HHR) Corrigenda to auth 4 Dec 1976 (OS Card Reference). SKE40880.

<6> Recologea Papers 1 Nos 1 & 2 1964 9 (OS Card Reference). SKE49101.

<7> Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 1980 126-7 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37843.

<8> Inf. Elliston Erwood (OS Card Reference). SKE44373.

<9> Field report for monument TR 03 NE 1 - November, 1962 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5071.

<10> Tim Tatton-Brown, 2005, Church of St. Martin Aldington: Historical and Archaeological Survey (Unpublished document). SKE16564.

<11> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1961.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 41 1929 143-9 plan illusts (F C Elliston Erwood).
  • <3> OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 30-NOV-1962.
  • <4> OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Boro of East Ashford Kent July 1955 3.
  • <5> OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Corrigenda to auth 4 Dec 1976.
  • <6> OS Card Reference: Recologea Papers 1 Nos 1 & 2 1964 9.
  • <7> OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 1980 126-7 (J Newman).
  • <8> OS Card Reference: Inf. Elliston Erwood.
  • <9> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 03 NE 1 - November, 1962.
  • <10> Unpublished document: Tim Tatton-Brown. 2005. Church of St. Martin Aldington: Historical and Archaeological Survey.
  • <11>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #20496 Church, ]

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  • Non-Intrusive Event: Historic building survey of St. Martin, Aldington (EKE10802)

Record last edited

Nov 4 2021 3:56PM