Listed Building record TQ 77 SE 1197 - CHURCH OF ST WERBURGH
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 78346 71855 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ77SE |
County | KENT |
Civil Parish | HOO ST WERBURGH, MEDWAY, KENT |
Unitary Authority | MEDWAY |
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Full Description
Description from record TQ 77 SE 11:
[TQ 78347185] St. Werburgh's Church [T.U.] (1) St. Werburgh's Church consists of a nave with north and south aisles, chancel, western tower with spire, and north and south porches. It is chiefly of the Perpendicular period but the nave arcades appear to be Early English.(For Nunnery of St. Werburgh founded c.686-697, see TQ 77 SE 22). (2) Roman tiles and bricks are re-used in the fabric of this church. (3) In normal use. (4) Parish Church of St. Werburgh, Grade I. 12th-15th century. (For full description see list) (5) Additional bibliography. (6) photographs (7-8)
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
HOO ST WERBURGH CP CHURCH STREET TQ 77 SE 6/68 South side 21.11.66 Church of St Werburgh - I
Parish church. C12-C15. Ragstone with tiled roofs. West tower with shingled spire, nave with north and south aisles, north and south porches and chancel. West tower battlemented with north- west turret and shingled spire, all clasped by the aisles. Norman pilaster buttresses with tufa dressings visible over aisle roofs. C14 windows in aisles with cusped intersecting tracery. Interior: C13 nave arcades of 3 bays with round piers and double chamfered arches. Blocked east arch in each aisle of former transeptal chapels. C15 clerestorey. C14 chancel arch. Nave roof on wooden shafts with carved angels in capital-zone. Piscina and triple sedilia with multi-cusped arches on long shafts of Bethersden marble. Fittings: C15 glass in chancel window-heads. Chest tomb to Edward Lake, d. 1845. Ogee canopy with pinnacles, not unarchaeologically early C15. Listing NGR: TQ7836972092 (9)
<1> O.S. 6" 1931-8 (OS Card Reference). SKE47820.
<2> 'The Churches of Kent' 1877 pp. 350-1 (Sir Stephen Glynn) (OS Card Reference). SKE50275.
<3> F1 AC 14-NOV-51 (OS Card Reference). SKE41802.
<4> F2 FGA 12-NOV-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE43319.
<5> DOE (HHR) City of Rochester Upon Medway 1986 25 (OS Card Reference). SKE40168.
<6> Bldgs of Eng West Kent and the Weald 1980 331-332 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38067.
<7> Field report for monument TQ 77 SE 11 - November, 1951 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4260.
<8> Field report for monument TQ 77 SE 11 - November, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4261.
<9> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
Sources/Archives (9)
- <1> SKE47820 OS Card Reference: O.S. 6" 1931-8.
- <2> SKE50275 OS Card Reference: 'The Churches of Kent' 1877 pp. 350-1 (Sir Stephen Glynn).
- <3> SKE41802 OS Card Reference: F1 AC 14-NOV-51.
- <4> SKE43319 OS Card Reference: F2 FGA 12-NOV-64.
- <5> SKE40168 OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) City of Rochester Upon Medway 1986 25.
- <6> SKE38067 OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng West Kent and the Weald 1980 331-332 (J Newman).
- <7> SKE4260 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 77 SE 11 - November, 1951.
- <8> SKE4261 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 77 SE 11 - November, 1964.
- <9>XY SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #29591 church, ]
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Record last edited
Aug 13 2021 10:56AM