TR 04 NE 103 - CHURCH OF SAINT GREGORY AND SAINT MARTIN

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Listed Building record TR 04 NE 103 - CHURCH OF SAINT GREGORY AND SAINT MARTIN

Summary

Grade I listed building. Main construction periods 1200 to 1918. Wye was one of the early minsters founded in Kent before 700. Of the 13th century cruciform Church, the arcades of the Nave survive. The clerestory, the roof of the Nave, the Aisles and the South Porch date from between 1432, when Cardinal Archbishop John Kempe founded Wye College of which this become the collegiate Church, in 1447. The Tower collaped in 1686, destroying the Transepts and Chancel. The transepts were not rebuilt, but the Tower and the Chancel with its apsidal end were rebuilt in 1702 of medieval materials. Restored 1873-1878.

Location

Grid reference	TR 0540 4690 (point)
Map sheet	TR04NE
County	KENT
District	ASHFORD, KENT
Civil Parish	WYE WITH HINXHILL, ASHFORD, KENT

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<1> OS 6" 1908 (OS Card Reference). SKE48323.

<2> Kent 1935 304-5 (J C Cox) (OS Card Reference). SKE45693.

<3> Country Life 13-JUN-1947 1110 (OS Card Reference). SKE39402.

<4> Arch Cant 66 1953 149-50 (R F Jessup) (OS Card Reference). SKE35414.

<5> F1 CFW 15-MAY-1963 (OS Card Reference). SKE42593.

<6> DOE(HHR) East Ashford RD Kent July 1955 57 (OS Card Reference). SKE41160.

<7> Bldgs of Eng NE & E Kent 1983 504-5 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37782.

<8> Wye Church: its history & principal features 1960 (S G Brade-Birks) (OS Card Reference). SKE51419.

<9> Church of St Gregory & St Martin Wye 1949 (OS Card Reference). SKE38968.

<10> A Hist of Wye Church & Wye College, compiled from various sources 1913 (C S Orwin) (OS Card Reference). SKE32817.

<11> St Gregory & St Martin Wye 1958 (OS Card Reference). SKE49607.

<12> Field report for monument TR 04 NE 7 - May, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5123.

<13> Diocese of Rochester (Tim Tatton-Brown), 1992, Wye, St Gregory and Martin:Diocesan church survey (Unpublished document). SKE29538.

<14> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

Sources/Archives (14)

<1> SKE48323 OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1908.
<2> SKE45693 OS Card Reference: Kent 1935 304-5 (J C Cox).
<3> SKE39402 OS Card Reference: Country Life 13-JUN-1947 1110.
<4> SKE35414 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 66 1953 149-50 (R F Jessup).
<5> SKE42593 OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 15-MAY-1963.
<6> SKE41160 OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) East Ashford RD Kent July 1955 57.
<7> SKE37782 OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng NE & E Kent 1983 504-5 (J Newman).
<8> SKE51419 OS Card Reference: Wye Church: its history & principal features 1960 (S G Brade-Birks).
<9> SKE38968 OS Card Reference: Church of St Gregory & St Martin Wye 1949.
<10> SKE32817 OS Card Reference: A Hist of Wye Church & Wye College, compiled from various sources 1913 (C S Orwin).
<11> SKE49607 OS Card Reference: St Gregory & St Martin Wye 1958.
<12> SKE5123 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 04 NE 7 - May, 1963.
<13> SKE29538 Unpublished document: Diocese of Rochester (Tim Tatton-Brown). 1992. Wye, St Gregory and Martin:Diocesan church survey.
<14>XY SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #21027 Church, ]

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Listed Building (I) 1217135: CHURCH OF SAINT GREGORY AND SAINT MARTIN

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Intrusive Event: ST GREGORY AND ST MARTIN (Ref: EI 14576) (EKE4675)

Record last edited

Nov 9 2021 12:53PM