Listed Building record TQ 96 NW 1153 - PARISH CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY

Summary

Grade I listed building. Main construction periods 1300 to 1889. Nave and chancel with south aisle to both and crenellated West tower with flint and stone buttresses. South porch. 15th century windows and 14th century roof. The church incorporates some Anglo-Saxon herring-bone masonry. The tower probably dates from circa 1325, the south arcade has typical 14th century form and the rood is early 14th century. Restored by W L Grant in 1889.Milton Regis was one of the early minsters founded in Kent before 700. The Domesday Monachorum records that Milton Regis had 10 dependent churches. Tatton-Brown suggests that the early church may have been cruciform, traces of a 13th century transept still surviving.

Location

Grid reference TQ 90887 65394 (point)
Map sheet TQ96NW
Civil Parish SITTINGBOURNE, SWALE, KENT
County KENT
District SWALE, KENT

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Type and Period (3)

Full Description

<1> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.

<2> Kent 1935 222 (J C Cox) (OS Card Reference). SKE45677.

<3> F1 AC 09-JUL-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE41779.

<4> DOE(HHR) Swale Dist Kent (Sittingbourne & Milton Area) 1974 35 (OS Card Reference). SKE41197.

<5> Bldgs of Eng NE & E Kent 1983 389-90 (J Newman ed N Pevsner) (OS Card Reference). SKE37767.

<6> AS Architecture 2 1965 (H M Taylor & J Taylor) (OS Card Reference). SKE37380.

<7> Arch Cant 23 1898 157-60 (F Grayling) (OS Card Reference). SKE34855.

<8> Field report for monument TQ 96 NW 1 - July, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4859.

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

Sources/Archives (9)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1961.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: Kent 1935 222 (J C Cox).
  • <3> OS Card Reference: F1 AC 09-JUL-63.
  • <4> OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Swale Dist Kent (Sittingbourne & Milton Area) 1974 35.
  • <5> OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng NE & E Kent 1983 389-90 (J Newman ed N Pevsner).
  • <6> OS Card Reference: AS Architecture 2 1965 (H M Taylor & J Taylor).
  • <7> OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 23 1898 157-60 (F Grayling).
  • <8> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 96 NW 1 - July, 1963.
  • <9>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #32839 Listed building, ]

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Record last edited

Oct 15 2021 3:48PM