CHURCH OF ST MARY
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II*
List Entry Number: 1258355
Date first listed: 10-Sep-1954
Statutory Address: CHURCH OF ST MARY, HIGH STREET
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Location
Statutory Address: CHURCH OF ST MARY, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Kent
District: Sevenoaks (District Authority)
Parish: Kemsing
National Grid Reference: TQ 55608 58784
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History
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Details
KEMSING
771/16/562 HIGH STREET
28-AUG-03 KEMSING
(North side)
CHURCH OF ST MARY
II*
Nave of early Norman period. Flint rubble walls with ashlar quoins and dressings. Tiled roof. Chancel similar. North aisle and chancel aisle of close-set flints, added in 1890-91 by Sir J G Jackson. C14 timber south porch. Timber bell tower, possibly C16, rises through nave at west end and terminates in shingled spire. Various windows, mostly Cl9 reconstructions in Perpendicular style. Rood screen and loft of 1894 by W J Unsworth contains mediaeval fragments. Rood figures by Comper, as is other chancel enrichment. Cl8 brass chandelier. Half length brass to Thomas de Hop d.1347.
Listing NGR: TQ5560858784
Legacy
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Legacy System number: 444848
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.
End of official listing