Listed Building record TQ 55 SW 178 - ST MARY'S CHURCH

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1877 to 1880

Location

Grid reference TQ 5215 5459 (point)
Map sheet TQ55SW
Civil Parish SEVENOAKS, SEVENOAKS, KENT
District SEVENOAKS, KENT

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
SEVENOAKS KIPPINGTON ROAD TQ 55 SW 4/157 St Mary's Church GV II
Church. 1877-1880 by John Hooker for James Thompson in Early English Style. Built of snecked Kentish ragstone with ashlar dressings and tiled roof. Nave with aisles, lower apsidal-ended chancel, south west tower over porch and south tran- sept and organ loft and vestry and hall. Massive tower in 3 stages with corner buttresses. Lower storey has stone niche with Saint. Trefoliated-headed arch to porch with double colonnettes and double lancet with circular window above to west. 2nd stage has 2 lancets to each face. 3rd or bell stage has 2 lowered lancets with 2 sets of columns and 4 small lancets below octagonal stone crockets. Turret to east. West front of nave has 3 lancets surmounted by a rose window. South aisle has 3 lancets divided by buttresses and 6 1 cets to clere- storey. South transept has large traceried window and cross-shaped saddlestone. Apsidal-ended chancel has double lancet windows with quartrefoil above. Organ loft and vestry opposite the south transept has a similar traceried window and a doorcaae with Caernarvon arch. North aisle has 3 lancets but clerestory has 9. The hall attached to the north aisle is gabled with a traceried window to east and west and Caernarvon arched door to east and west. Interior has a 4 bay arcade with clustered columns with foliate decoration and between arches carved roundels with scenes from the Gospels. Clerestorey above with lancet windows. West end has 3 lancets surmounted by a rose window which has stained glass by Clayton & Bell. The marble font is a copy of one in Florence Cathedral. Quatrefoil-shaped bowl with putti and spiral shaped shaft with foliate base. Nearby is a decorative bronze tablet to James Thompson who endowed the church. Roof of arched braced type. Pulpit of Derbyshire alabaster with marble shafts and suspended hexagonal wooden canopy. South transept has a stained glass window by Clayton & Bell depicting Faith, Hope and Charity. Chancel has stained glass by heaton, Butler and Bayne. Painted boarded roof depicting the firmament and angels. Original pews and organ.
Listing NGR: TQ5215554596


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

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Record last edited

Feb 19 2008 12:26PM