Listed Building record TR 34 NW 272 - CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1100 to 1861

Location

Grid reference TR 3343 4933 (point)
Map sheet TR34NW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish SUTTON, DOVER, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
SUTTON CHURCH HILL TR 34 NW (West side)
7/90 Church of St. Peter 11.10.63 and St. Paul
GV II*
Parish Church. C12, with south porch and vestry 1857, apse 1861 by Arthur Ashpitel. Flint, the south nave wall rendered, with plain tiled roof. Nave chancel, north and south porches each stepped down consecutively from the nave. Nave and chancel with small round headed lancets, with inserted C19 round headed lights. Apse with triple round headed window copied from Barfrestone. Windows on north nave with interlacing strapwork surround studded with platework, and reset grotesque head on south porch with pebble eyes. Bellcote of 1857 has been truncated, with C13 bell now hung directly onto the west wall. North doorway with nook shafts with scalloped and scrolled capitals, with nailhead outer order and tympanum with diagonal and pinhead moulding and wooden lintel. Interior: Simple 2 cell church in origin. South doorway with carved head keystone, and chancel arch (on renewed billet moulded inposts with grotesque head keystone with black pebbles for eyes. Trussed rafter roof in nave, crenellated wooden barrel roof in chancel. Similar arch to apsidal sanctuary as chancel arch (i.e. Ashpitel's work of 1861). Apse with 7 bay blind arcade. Fittings: C19 poppy head choir stalls (from St. Margaret's, Canterbury). C17 pulpit with heavily enriched arcaded sides, the top panels with strap- work and modillion cornice to top rail with triple scrolled book rest. Profuse guilloche enrichment. The base renewed. (See B.O.E. Kent II 1983, 472).
Listing NGR: TR3344249315 (1)
Formerly TR 34 NW 8

Additional reference (2-3)


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

<2> Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) (Map). SKE55315.

<3> 1964, Field Investigators Comments (Verbal communication). SKE55316.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #26158 Church, ]
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date).
  • <3> Verbal communication: 1964. Field Investigators Comments.

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Record last edited

Feb 9 2023 1:04PM