Listed Building record TQ 45 NE 60 - CHURCH OF ST MARTIN

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Cruciform church with nave aisles and West tower. Built of random rubble with freestonedressings and tiled roofs. 15th century West tower with Tudor windows and battlemented upper part. Remains of West porch in tower. 3-bay nave with original 13th century arcade. The rest of the church dates to 1864-5 and was built by Walterhouse.There is strong evidence that Brasted was a minster created in a second wave of minster creation in Kent from the 8th to mid-10th centuries. The building was damaged by a fire in 1990, and altered during the restoration of 1991-2.

Location

Grid reference TQ 4686 5549 (point) Centred
Map sheet TQ45NE
County KENT
Civil Parish BRASTED, SEVENOAKS, KENT
District SEVENOAKS, KENT

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

<2> MHLG (2360/11/A April 1949) 1 (OS Card Reference). SKE47015.

<3> F1 ASP 14.08.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42091.

<4> DOE (HHR) Dist of Sevenoaks Kent 1975 1-2 (OS Card Reference). SKE40312.

<5> Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 1980 177-178 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37853.

<6> Hist of Brasted, its manor, parish and church 1874 (J Cave-Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE43916.

<7> Field report for monument TQ 45 NE 3 - August, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2669.

<8> Diocese of Rochester (Tim Tatton-Brown), 1993, Brasted, St Martin: Diocesan church survey (Unpublished document). SKE29602.

<9> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.

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  • <1>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #31715 church, ]
  • <2> OS Card Reference: MHLG (2360/11/A April 1949) 1.
  • <3> OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 14.08.64.
  • <4> OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Dist of Sevenoaks Kent 1975 1-2.
  • <5> OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 1980 177-178 (J Newman).
  • <6> OS Card Reference: Hist of Brasted, its manor, parish and church 1874 (J Cave-Brown).
  • <7> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 45 NE 3 - August, 1964.
  • <8> Unpublished document: Diocese of Rochester (Tim Tatton-Brown). 1993. Brasted, St Martin: Diocesan church survey.
  • <9> OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1961.

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  • Non-Intrusive Event: Investigation by RCHME/EH Architectural Survey (EKE19937)

Record last edited

Mar 4 2021 12:14PM