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Monument details

HER Number:TR 06 SW 1125
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:CHURCH OF ST PETER

Summary

Grade I listed building. Main construction periods 1200 to 1878. St Peter's is a Norman church, though thought by some to be pre-Conquest, and has fifteenth century additions. It was restored in 1868 with a spire added in 1877-8. It has a Norman font.

Grid Reference:TR 00787 63323
Map Sheet:TR06SW
Parish:LUDDENHAM, SWALE, KENT
OARE, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • CHURCH (Medieval to Modern - 1200 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (I) 1069126: CHURCH OF ST PETER

Full description

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Description from record TR 06 SW 6:
[TR 00786331] St. Peter's Church [NAT] (1) St. Peter's, Oare, has only chancel and nave, with a wooden bellcot over the west end. The south porch is a new one of wood. There are Perpendicular windows in the south side. There is no chancel arch. The chancel has Perpendicular windows. The font is Norman. (2) Church restored in 1867. (3) Other references. (4-7) Suggests church to be pre-Conquest. (8) The church is in normal use. (9) Checked and correct. (10) Parish Church of St. Peter, Grade I, Church Road (east side). 13th century, 16th century and restored and spire added 1877-8. (For full description see list.) (11) St. Peter's Church, Oare. The west end has a Victorian look about it,with a turret and spirelet on a blank arch that springs from two deep buttresses. Restored in 1868 by Clarke. The west doorway dates from the 13th century, and the chancel has been rebuilt as wide as the nave. (12) (15)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TR 06 SW LUDDENHAM + OARE CHURCH ROAD (East side)
(Oare) 2/156 Church of 24.1.67 St. Peter
GV I
Parish Church. C13, C16 and restored and spire added 1877-8 by Joseph Clarke. Flint and rubble stone with plain tiled roof and shingled spire. Chancel and nave with belfry and spire at west end, north-west vestry and south porch. West end rebuilt and dated 1877 with 2 large pinnacled buttresses, restored C13 roll moulded doorway with quatrefoil over. Relieving arch to belfry. Diagonal offset buttresses. Half-timbered south porch, C16 Perpendicular and C19 windows except single cusped light in north nave wall. Exposed quoins of nave incorporated in widened chancel walls. Lean-to vestry at north-west. Interior: no chancel arch, roof of 3 crown posts in nave, roof of 2 crown posts in chancel. C19 fittings and furniture except large Romanesque Purbeck marble font on renewed shafts. Timbered gallery at west end. (See B.O.E. Kent II, 1983, 408-9)
Listing NGR: TQ9890361929 (16)

Photographs (17-19)


<1> OS 6" 1906-38 (OS Card Reference). SKE48316.

<2> Notes on churches of Kent 1877 194 (S R Glynne) (OS Card Reference). SKE47693.

<3> Kent Little Guides 1950 7th Edition 219 (J C Cox) (OS Card Reference). SKE45925.

<4> The Antiquary 3 No 51 1873 91 (G Bedo) (OS Card Reference). SKE49943.

<5> Home Counties Mag 8 1906 277-9 (Peter de Sandwich) (OS Card Reference). SKE44169.

<6> Home Counties Mag 8 1907 122-4 (Peter de Sandwich) (OS Card Reference). SKE44170.

<7> Testamenta Cantiana East Kent 1907 237 (A Hussey) (OS Card Reference). SKE49839.

<8> Arch 29 1842 221 (C R Smith) (OS Card Reference). SKE34381.

<9> F1 ASP 07-JUL-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE41981.

<10> F2 CFW 25-JUL-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE43279.

<11> DOE (HHR) Swale Boro Kent May 1986 60 (OS Card Reference). SKE40633.

<12> Buildings of England NE and E Kent 1983 408-9 (J Newman ed N Pevsner) (OS Card Reference). SKE38414.

<13> Field report for monument TR 06 SW 6 - July, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5275.

<14> Field report for monument TR 06 SW 6 - July, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5276.

<15> Diocese of Rochester (Tim Tatton-Brown), 1995, Oare, St Peters: Diocesan church survey (Unpublished document). SKE29453.

<16> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<17> 1986, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11392.

<18> 1986, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11393.

<19> 1965, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11387.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1906-38.
<2>OS Card Reference: Notes on churches of Kent 1877 194 (S R Glynne).
<3>OS Card Reference: Kent Little Guides 1950 7th Edition 219 (J C Cox).
<4>OS Card Reference: The Antiquary 3 No 51 1873 91 (G Bedo).
<5>OS Card Reference: Home Counties Mag 8 1906 277-9 (Peter de Sandwich).
<6>OS Card Reference: Home Counties Mag 8 1907 122-4 (Peter de Sandwich).
<7>OS Card Reference: Testamenta Cantiana East Kent 1907 237 (A Hussey).
<8>OS Card Reference: Arch 29 1842 221 (C R Smith).
<9>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 07-JUL-59.
<10>OS Card Reference: F2 CFW 25-JUL-63.
<11>OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Swale Boro Kent May 1986 60.
<12>OS Card Reference: Buildings of England NE and E Kent 1983 408-9 (J Newman ed N Pevsner).
<13>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 06 SW 6 - July, 1959.
<14>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 06 SW 6 - July, 1963.
<15>Unpublished document: Diocese of Rochester (Tim Tatton-Brown). 1995. Oare, St Peters: Diocesan church survey.
<16>XYMap: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #32933 Church, ]
<17>Photograph (Print): 1986. Photograph. TR0063/2. print.
<18>Photograph (Print): 1986. Photograph. TR0063/3. print.
<19>Photograph (Print): 1965. Photograph. TR0062/1. print.