Church of St John the Baptist
CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1085746
- Date first listed:
- 21-Nov-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, HIGH STREET
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- Date:
- 2002-08-31
- Reference:
- IOE01/04756/10
- Rights:
- © Mr Richard Hall. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1085746
- Date first listed:
- 21-Nov-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, HIGH 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 JOHN THE BAPTIST, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Medway (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Halling
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 70521 63886
Details
HALLING CP HIGH STREET TQ 76 SW 13/56 East side 21.11.66 Church of St. John the Baptist GV I
Parish Church. C12 enlarged in C13 with C14 aisles. Restored 1889 by H. Bensted. Ragstone and flints with plain tiled roofs. West tower, nave with north and south aisles and north paorch, chancel. West tower, late C12, buttressed in C14 and dressed in brick. Large clock faces on tower parapet. Nave, C14, with separately gabled north and south aisles. Chancel enlarged in C13 with two south and three north lancets. Interior: Early C13 tower arch. 3-bay arcades, that to the north earlier than that to the south. Chancel arch of C14. C15 piscina on shaft. Fittings: glass in E. window by Kempe, 1892. Wall paintings over chancel arch, Last Supper and Passion.
Listing NGR: TQ7045863959
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 172887
- 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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