Listed Building record TQ 67 SW 1298 - St Nicholas church, Church Street, Southfleet, Gravesend
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 61376 71162 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ67SW |
County | KENT |
District | DARTFORD, KENT |
Civil Parish | SOUTHFLEET, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Description from record TQ 67 SW 25:
[TQ 61377116] St. Nicholas's Church [NAT] (1) St. Nicholas's Church, Southfleet; mainly 14th. century; stands on the site of a Saxon church, which itself replaced a Roman temple, the only remains of which are two small red tiles to the right of the porch. [No other evidence found to support the statement regarding the Saxon church and the Roman temple site.] (2) St. Nicholas' Church consists of Nave, with north and south aisles, chancel, west tower, south porch and north vestry. There is nothing in the fabric or plan to suggest a Roman or Saxon site or origin. Not even the tiles mentioned by Authy.2 are to be seen. Still in use for public worship. (3) No change. (4) Church of St Nicholas,Church Street. Grade I. C14 with some C15 windows, restored in 1867. Built of flint with west tower of 3 stages built of flint and ragstone in a chequerwork pattern with higher north-east octagonal stair turret and crenellated parapet. Chance, nave and aisle with 3 gables of equal size. South porch. Decorated interior. Piscina and triple sedillia with ogee arches. South aisle has some fragments of sculpture. Perpendicular font. Stalls with misericords. Some C14 tiles near the sedilia. Pulpit made up of Jacobean panels. Wall paintings of Latimer and Ridley, possibly C18. Several brasses in chancel and south aisle, and large alabaster wall monument to John Sedley died 1605. (5) Additional Bibliography (6)
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5274 SOUTHFLEET CHURCH STREET (north side)
Church of St Nicholas TQ 6171 10/15 1.6.67
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2. C14 with some C15 windows, restored in 1867. Built of flint with west tower of 3 stages built of flint and ragstone in a chequerwork pattern with higher north-east octagonal stair turret and crenellated parapet. Chancel, nave and aisle with 3 gables of equal size. South porch. Decorated interior. Piscina and triple sedilia with ogee arches. South aisle has some fragments of sculpture. Perpendicular font. Stalls with misericords. Some C14 tiles near the sedilia. Pulpit made up of Jacobean panels. Wall paintings of Latimer and Ridley, possibly C18. Several brasses in chancel and south aisle, and large alabaster wall monument to John Sedley died 1605.
Listing NGR: TQ6137671163 (9)
Archive material (10)
<1> OS 6" 1938 (OS Card Reference). SKE48349.
<2> Arch Cant 43 1931 318 (A A Burrows) (OS Card Reference). SKE35125.
<3> F1 CFW 23-JUL-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE42729.
<4> F2 ASP 14-OCT-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE43112.
<5> DOE(HHR) Dist of Dartford Kent Mar 1982 6 (OS Card Reference). SKE40925.
<6> BOE W Kent and the Weald 1980 539-40 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38274.
<7> Field report for monument TQ 67 SW 25 - July, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3652.
<8> Field report for monument TQ 67 SW 25 - October, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3653.
<9> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<10> Historic England, Archive material associated with St Nicholas' Church, Southfleet, Listed Building (Archive). SKE53915.
Sources/Archives (10)
- <1> SKE48349 OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1938.
- <2> SKE35125 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 43 1931 318 (A A Burrows).
- <3> SKE42729 OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 23-JUL-59.
- <4> SKE43112 OS Card Reference: F2 ASP 14-OCT-64.
- <5> SKE40925 OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Dist of Dartford Kent Mar 1982 6.
- <6> SKE38274 OS Card Reference: BOE W Kent and the Weald 1980 539-40 (J Newman).
- <7> SKE3652 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 67 SW 25 - July, 1959.
- <8> SKE3653 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 67 SW 25 - October, 1964.
- <9>XY SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #24877 Church, ]
- <10> SKE53915 Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with St Nicholas' Church, Southfleet, Listed Building.
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Record last edited
Oct 6 2024 2:16PM