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Monument details

Summary

Site of- medieval, partially rebuilt in 1866 Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1066 to 1866. Norman church with a 13th century south aisle. A restoration took place in 1866 and included construction of the Early English style nave and south porch. The church is constructed of flint with stone dressings and a plain tile roof.

Monument Types

• CHURCH (Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD to 2050 AD)

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[TQ 7990 6213]. St. Peter's Ch. [TU] (1) The church of St. Peter, Bredhurst has a Norman chancel and Early English South chapel, both greatly restored in 1866, when the nave and porch were completely rebuilt. (2) Still in use for ecclestiastical purposes. (3) Additional bibliography. (4)(5)

Description from record TQ 76 SE 75:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 76 SE BREDHURST HURSTWOOD ROAD (north side)
1/116 Church of St. Peter 26.4.68 II
Parish Church. Norman and C13,heavily restored in 1866. Flint with stone dressings and plain-tile roof. Nave and south porch 1866 in Early English style. Chancel Norman with projecting C13 south aisle, both restored in 1866. Nave has double bell-cote on roof at east end. South Porch with wooden screen on flint base with cusped, low-sweeping bargeboards and arched doorhead with small moulded crown-post on crenellated beam above. South aisle of chancel gabled. 3 single lancets, repaired externally; one in west end, 2 in south wall. Pair of lancets in east wall. C19 buttresses. Chancel roof lower and less steeply pitched than that of aisle, and lower than that of nave. Triple lancet in east end, restored externally. 4 single lancets in north wall; 3 aligned and unrestored, one presumably older much smaller and restored, at lower level between west two. Interior: 2-bay south arcade to chancel has single circular central chalk pier with roll moulding to top and arches of 2 orders with plain chamfers springing from corbels on the plain end piers. North lancet in east wall of south chapel has an original corbelled impost with traces of waterleaf decoration. Stepped base, topped with a roll, of capital between north and south lancets. Roof of C19 scissor-braced construction with collars, ashlar- pieces, projecting moulded sole-plates and cornice. Fragment of wall-painting above lancets in east end of south aisle and along south wall of south aisle traces of foliated frieze in red ochre with vertical lines below, possibly the start of a key.
Listing NGR: TQ7973162234 (8)

<1> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.

<2> MHLG List Ref Kent 2153/11/A Nov 1960 p.12 (OS Card Reference). SKE47130.

<3> F1 CFW 21-NOV-61 (OS Card Reference). SKE42692.

<4> DOE (HHR) Borough of Maidstone Kent 20 July 1984 62 (OS Card Reference). SKE39925.

<5> Bldgs of Eng-North East & East Kent 1983 159 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38123.

<6> Field report for monument TQ 76 SE 7 - November, 1961 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4143.

<7> Diocese of Rochester (Tim Tatton-Brown), 1993, Bredhurst, St Peter: Diocean church survey (Unpublished document). SKE29603.

<8> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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