Building record TR 13 NW 197 - Church of All Saints, Stanford
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TR 1309 3808 (point) |
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Map sheet | TR13NW |
County | KENT |
District | FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT |
Civil Parish | STANFORD, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Full Description
From the diocesan churches survey report:
"LOCATION: Situated on a low Folkestone beds hillock with the Old Rectory and higher ground to the east, it is at c. 260ft. above O.D. with the East Stour just below to the west and beyond it, Stone Street.
DESCRIPTION: The church was completely rebuilt in 1841 (chancel) and 1878 (nave), but Hasted VIII (1799), 77 describes the earlier church as 'a small mean building, and consists of one isle and one chancel, having a low pointed turret at the west end, in which are two bells. There are no memorials in it.'
Petrie's early 19th century view from the S.E. shows a simple rectangular nave and chancel with a 2-light east window with quatrefoil above (c. 1300): also a ? Perp. square-headed window on the S.W side of the chancel. The S.E. window of the nave (2 light) appears to be post-medieval and there is a dormer in the roof above. There is a south porch, and a west bell-turret with a shallow pyramid roof.
The font from St Mary's, Westenhanger was apparently brought here after the Reformation, when the latter church became disused (see T. Shipden Frampton, 'St Mary's, Westenhanger' in Arch. Cant. 31 (1915), 82-91 with list of Rectors and Patrons).
The 19th century church is in a uniform style with "13th cent." windows, etc. It has a nave, chancel and large N. vestry made with blocks of strongly glauconitic Lower Greensand surrounded by heavy cement pointing. Windows, etc. in Bathstone. It then became a separate Rectory (in the 1870's)." (1)
<1> Diocese of Canterbury (Tim Tatton-Brown), 1992, Stanford, All Saints:Diocesan church survey (Unpublished document). SKE29501.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SKE29501 Unpublished document: Diocese of Canterbury (Tim Tatton-Brown). 1992. Stanford, All Saints:Diocesan church survey.
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Record last edited
Mar 6 2024 1:22PM