Listed Building record TR 12 NW 36 - CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1100 to 1910. Church. C12 and C13, restored in 1821. Stone, with rendered mortar. Tower partly timber framed, with upper stage tile-hung. Slate roof to nave, plain tiles to chancel, wood shingles to tower. The finest survivals of the mid-12th century church, however, are the south and west doorways to the nave, and the chancel arch. All have imposts with scalloped capitals, surmounted by a roll-moulding and chevroned voussoir blocks. The original bases to the chancel arch, (with nailhead decoration), were uncovered in the 1910 underpinning. There was a third smaller doorway on the north side of the chancel, but this was most-unfortunately destroyed in 1910. The one other later medieval addition to the church, perhaps of the 14th century, are the two large western buttresses to the nave. They have a plinth and a higher moulded string-course, and may be associated with the putting in of a small timber bell-turret at the west end of the nave, with a shingled spire over it. Unfortunately all this was replaced in 1821. With all this repair and restoration, there is not much left of the original medieval church. However the shell of the nave and chancel survive from the mid-12th century, and the original nave quoins of Caen stone can still be seen on the south-east and south-west corners of the nave. The lower eastern quoins of the chancel, also in Caen stone, survive, but the upper quoins have been rebuilt in red brick. The quoins to the 1821 north extension to the nave are also partly of reused Caen stone, with some larger Ragstone quoins and two ? Reigate stone blocks.

Location

Grid reference TR 1031 2973 (point) Centred
Map sheet TR12NW
County KENT
District FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT
Civil Parish DYMCHURCH, SHEPWAY, KENT

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

<1> OS 6" 1937-8 (OS Card Reference). SKE48348.

<2> Elliston Erwood, F. C., 1925, Notes on the Churches of Romney Marsh, 1923, Arch. Cant. Vol. 37, 1925, 202-3 (plan) (F.C. Elliston Erwood) (Article in serial). SKE7802.

<3> F1 ASP 22-MAR-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42237.

<4> DOE(HHR) Dist of Shepway Kent April 1985 29 (OS Card Reference). SKE41061.

<5> Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 1980 263 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37859.

<6> 1963, Field report for monument TR 12 NW 1 - March, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5318.

<7> Diocese of Canterbury (Tim Tatton-Brown), 1987, 90, 94, Church Survey - Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Dymchurch. (Unpublished document). SKE7572.

<8> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2011, An archaeological watching brief during vestry underpinning including observations during interior plaster removal at St Peter and St Paul's Church, High Street, Dymchurch (Unpublished document). SKE16768.

<9> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

Sources/Archives (9)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1937-8.
  • <2> Article in serial: Elliston Erwood, F. C.. 1925. Notes on the Churches of Romney Marsh, 1923. Arch. Cant. Vol. 37, 1925, 202-3 (plan) (F.C. Elliston Erwood).
  • <3> OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 22-MAR-63.
  • <4> OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Dist of Shepway Kent April 1985 29.
  • <5> OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 1980 263 (J Newman).
  • <6> Bibliographic reference: 1963. Field report for monument TR 12 NW 1 - March, 1963.
  • <7> Unpublished document: Diocese of Canterbury (Tim Tatton-Brown). 1987, 90, 94. Church Survey - Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Dymchurch..
  • <8> Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2011. An archaeological watching brief during vestry underpinning including observations during interior plaster removal at St Peter and St Paul's Church, High Street, Dymchurch.
  • <9>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #31855 Church, ]

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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Building survey of Ss Peter and Paul's Church,Dymchurch (EKE5648)
  • Intrusive Event: Watching brief at St Peter and St Paul's Church, High Street, Dymchurch (EKE11019)

Record last edited

Nov 23 2021 4:24PM