Church of St Mary
CHURCH OF ST MARY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1061070
- Date first listed:
- 29-Dec-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1061070
- Date first listed:
- 29-Dec-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Folkestone and Hythe (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Stowting
- National Grid Reference:
- TR 12476 41845
Details
TR 14 SW STOWTING
1/103 Church of St Mary 29.12.66 GV II*
Parish church. C13. Chancel restored 1843-4 by Carpenter, rest 1876 and 1890. North aisle and tower added 1857-68 by Slater. Flint, with stone dressings. Plain tile roof. Nave, south porch, chancel with north lean-to, north aisle with west tower. Nave: C13. No plinth. Small lancet window to west gable end, above eaves level, with two C19 lancets below. Blocked pointed-arched hollow-chamfered west doorway with broach stops. 3 windows to south; one C19 two-light window, one restored C15 window with three cinquefoil-headed lights and squared hoodmould, and one restored trefoiled lancet. Porch: C14 or C15, largely rebuilt in C19. Timber framed, with rendered infilling, on C19 flint plinth. C19 bargeboards. C19 pointed- arched outer and inner doorways. Medieval moulded octagonal crown-post, moulded tie-beam and wall post. Chancel: C13, with C19 plinth. North-east and south-east angle buttresses. 2 restored south, and one north, lancets. 3-light C19 east window in a C14 style. C19 lean-to to west. North Aisle: C19. Lean-to. No plinth. Three paired trefoil-headed lancets. Tower: C19. Two stages on flint plinth. Diagonal buttresses. Lancet windows. West doorway. Stone and flint chimney stack in re-entrant angle with nave. Interior: structure: restored 3-bay nave arcade in a C14 style, with doubly-chamfered pointed arches and moulded octagonal columns. Moulded pointed-arched C19 chancel arch. Fittings: late C17 or early C18 altar rails with twisted balusters and enriched and moulded rail. Stained glass: early C14 Virgin and Child to north-east window of aisle, in vivid green, gold and red. Complete design of c. 1460 to C15 south window of nave, depicting three saints and three groups of kneeling donors. Monuments: draped cartouche to north wall of chancel, with shields above and below, to Thomas Jenkin, d. 1698. (J. Newman, B.O.E. Series, North-East and East Kent, 1983).
Listing NGR: TR1201742608
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 175681
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Newman, J, The Buildings of England: North East and East Kent, (1983)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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