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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 SE 1197
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:CHURCH OF ST WERBURGH

Summary

Grade I listed building. Main construction periods 1100 to 1845 Church (Perpendicular and early English). Roman tiles & bricks are included in the fabric.

Grid Reference:TQ 78346 71855
Map Sheet:TQ77SE
Parish:HOO ST WERBURGH, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • MINSTER? (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon to Unknown - 686 AD?)
  • CHURCH (Medieval to Modern - 1100 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (I) 1204440: CHURCH OF ST WERBURGH

Full description

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Description from record TQ 77 SE 11:
[TQ 78347185] St. Werburgh's Church [T.U.] (1) St. Werburgh's Church consists of a nave with north and south aisles, chancel, western tower with spire, and north and south porches. It is chiefly of the Perpendicular period but the nave arcades appear to be Early English.(For Nunnery of St. Werburgh founded c.686-697, see TQ 77 SE 22). (2) Roman tiles and bricks are re-used in the fabric of this church. (3) In normal use. (4) Parish Church of St. Werburgh, Grade I. 12th-15th century. (For full description see list) (5) Additional bibliography. (6) photographs (7-8)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
HOO ST WERBURGH CP CHURCH STREET TQ 77 SE 6/68 South side 21.11.66 Church of St Werburgh - I
Parish church. C12-C15. Ragstone with tiled roofs. West tower with shingled spire, nave with north and south aisles, north and south porches and chancel. West tower battlemented with north- west turret and shingled spire, all clasped by the aisles. Norman pilaster buttresses with tufa dressings visible over aisle roofs. C14 windows in aisles with cusped intersecting tracery. Interior: C13 nave arcades of 3 bays with round piers and double chamfered arches. Blocked east arch in each aisle of former transeptal chapels. C15 clerestorey. C14 chancel arch. Nave roof on wooden shafts with carved angels in capital-zone. Piscina and triple sedilia with multi-cusped arches on long shafts of Bethersden marble. Fittings: C15 glass in chancel window-heads. Chest tomb to Edward Lake, d. 1845. Ogee canopy with pinnacles, not unarchaeologically early C15. Listing NGR: TQ7836972092 (9)


<1> O.S. 6" 1931-8 (OS Card Reference). SKE47820.

<2> 'The Churches of Kent' 1877 pp. 350-1 (Sir Stephen Glynn) (OS Card Reference). SKE50275.

<3> F1 AC 14-NOV-51 (OS Card Reference). SKE41802.

<4> F2 FGA 12-NOV-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE43319.

<5> DOE (HHR) City of Rochester Upon Medway 1986 25 (OS Card Reference). SKE40168.

<6> Bldgs of Eng West Kent and the Weald 1980 331-332 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38067.

<7> Field report for monument TQ 77 SE 11 - November, 1951 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4260.

<8> Field report for monument TQ 77 SE 11 - November, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4261.

<9> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: O.S. 6" 1931-8.
<2>OS Card Reference: 'The Churches of Kent' 1877 pp. 350-1 (Sir Stephen Glynn).
<3>OS Card Reference: F1 AC 14-NOV-51.
<4>OS Card Reference: F2 FGA 12-NOV-64.
<5>OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) City of Rochester Upon Medway 1986 25.
<6>OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng West Kent and the Weald 1980 331-332 (J Newman).
<7>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 77 SE 11 - November, 1951.
<8>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 77 SE 11 - November, 1964.
<9>XYMap: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #29591 church, ]

Related records

TQ 77 SE 22Part of: Site of a Nunnery of St. Werburgh, Hoo St. Werburgh (Monument)