Church of St James
CHURCH OF ST JAMES, THE STREET
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1071496
- Date first listed:
- 14-Feb-1967
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JAMES, THE STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1071496
- Date first listed:
- 14-Feb-1967
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JAMES, THE STREET
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JAMES, THE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Ashford (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Egerton
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 90815 47556
Details
1. 5272 EGERTON THE STREET (north-west side) Church of St James TQ 94 NW 10/1 14.2.67 I 2. Originally a Chapel of Ease to Charing. Built of Kentish ragstone. Chancel with north chapel (now the vestry), nave with north aisle, south porch and west tower in 3 stages, with an octagonal vice turret in the north-east corner carried up to form a beacon enplacement and buttresses at the other angles of the tower. Gargoyles. The chancel, north chapel and north aisle are C14. The nave, south porch and west tower C15, 3 bay nave with 2 crown posts, piscina and triple sedilia. The churchyard contains some table tombs, oval bodystones and some C18 headstones, with skull, cherub and hourglass motifs. The church stands in a very prominent position and is a land mark for miles around, like the church of Great Chart marking the northern edge of the Weals.
Listing NGR: TQ9071047466
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 180880
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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