The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5274 WILMINGTON CHURCH HILL (north-west side)
Church of St Michael TQ 57 SW 3/107 1.6.67
I GV
2. In the middle ages this was a Chapel of Ease to Sutton-at-Hone. Pre-Conquest origins, with some mediaeval traces, much restored in the C19. Part pebbledashed and part faced with stone with tiled roof. The tower is part weatherboarded with a broached shingled spire. Chancel with north and south chapels, nave with north and south aisle and west tower. The tower retains 2 Saxon windows. The west end of the nave is mediaeval. The north aisle was rebuilt by E Cresy in 1839. Ewan Christian rebuilt the chancel in 1884. R Merchant rebuilt the nave and south aisle between 1909 and 1922 with Arts and Crafts details. Porch added under west tower in 1909. The interior contains a pulpit dated 1655, the Royal Arms of George II and a good carved chancel screen of 1920. Listing NGR: TQ5389272434 (1)

Description from record TQ 57 SW 66:
[TQ 5385 7247] St. Michael's Church [T.U.] (2) The original parts of the building were Saxon in character. All that now remains of the early church is the west wall, and the base of the south and east walls. (3) The south aisle was built in 1881, and the chancel and side chapels in 1883 when two Saxon double-splayed windows were exposed at the end of the nave in the north and south walls. (4) This church, name confirmed, is still in use for public worship. It is mainly modern but two single splay lights are evident, one in the W. face of the tower, and the other in what was possibly the S. nave wall now an internal wall. (5) Checked and correct. (6) 5274 WILMINGTON CHURCH HILL (north-west side) Church of St Michael TQ 57 SW 3/107 1.6.67 I GV 2. In the middle ages this was a Chapel of Ease to Sutton-at-Hone. Pre-Conquest origins, with some mediaeval traces, much restored in the C19. Part pebble dashed and part faced with stone with tiled roof. The tower is part weatherboarded with a broached shingled spire. Chancel with north and south chapels, nave with north and south aisle and west tower. The tower retains 2 Saxon windows. The west end of the nave is mediaeval. The north aisle was rebuilt by E. Cresy in 1839. Ewan Christian rebuilt the chancel in 1884. R Marchant rebuilt the nave and south aisle between 1909 and 1922 with Arts and Crafts details. Porch added under west tower in 1909. The interior contains a pulpit dated 1655, the Royal Arms of George II and a good carved chancel screen of 1920. (7) Additional bibliography. (8 - 11)

A watching brief on extension work. No evidence of any archaeology before the post-medieval period. Some graves were disturbed and there is evidence that the graveyard continues under the road to the east and for previous minor structures existing in the graveyard.(12)

<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> O.S.6" 1939 (OS Card Reference). SKE47848.

<3> Proc. Woolwich & Dist. A.S. vol. 7, 1901-2, P.28. (Rev. H.V.H. Cowell) (OS Card Reference). SKE48736.

<4> Little Guides, Kent, 1935, p.300. (J.C. Cox & P.M. Johnston) (OS Card Reference). SKE46144.

<5> F1 CFW 11-NOV-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE42533.

<6> F2 ASP 16-SEP-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE43121.

<7> DOE(HHR) Dist. of Dartford, Kent. March 1982 41 (OS Card Reference). SKE41117.

<8> Bldgs of Eng West Kent and the Weald 1980 610-611 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38099.

<9> Field report for monument TQ 57 SW 66 - November, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3174.

<10> Field report for monument TQ 57 SW 66 - September, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3175.

<11> Weeks, 1998, Report on Ground Investigation at St Michael Church,Wilmington for Richard Dore Associates (Unpublished document). SKE12115.

<12> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1999, St. Michael and All Angels Church, Wilmington, Dartford, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE12324.

<13> Diocese of Rochester (Tim Tatton-Brown), 1993, Wilmington, St Michael and all Angels:Diocesan church survey (Unpublished document). SKE29534.