Church of St James
CHURCH OF ST JAMES, THE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1071496
- Date first listed:
- 14-Feb-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St James
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JAMES, THE STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1071496
- Date first listed:
- 14-Feb-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St James
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JAMES, THE STREET
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.
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 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
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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