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Monument details

Summary

Grade I listed building. Main construction periods 1300 to 1867. A 14th century church with some 15th century work, restored in 1867. Chancel, nave and aisle with 3 gables of equal size. South porch. Alleged to have been built on the site of a Saxon church.

Monument Types

• CHURCH (Medieval to Modern - 1300 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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Description from record TQ 67 SW 25:
[TQ 61377116] St. Nicholas's Church [NAT] (1) St. Nicholas's Church, Southfleet; mainly 14th. century; stands on the site of a Saxon church, which itself replaced a Roman temple, the only remains of which are two small red tiles to the right of the porch. [No other evidence found to support the statement regarding the Saxon church and the Roman temple site.] (2) St. Nicholas' Church consists of Nave, with north and south aisles, chancel, west tower, south porch and north vestry. There is nothing in the fabric or plan to suggest a Roman or Saxon site or origin. Not even the tiles mentioned by Authy.2 are to be seen. Still in use for public worship. (3) No change. (4) Church of St Nicholas,Church Street. Grade I. C14 with some C15 windows, restored in 1867. Built of flint with west tower of 3 stages built of flint and ragstone in a chequerwork pattern with higher north-east octagonal stair turret and crenellated parapet. Chance, nave and aisle with 3 gables of equal size. South porch. Decorated interior. Piscina and triple sedillia with ogee arches. South aisle has some fragments of sculpture. Perpendicular font. Stalls with misericords. Some C14 tiles near the sedilia. Pulpit made up of Jacobean panels. Wall paintings of Latimer and Ridley, possibly C18. Several brasses in chancel and south aisle, and large alabaster wall monument to John Sedley died 1605. (5) Additional Bibliography (6)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5274 SOUTHFLEET CHURCH STREET (north side)
Church of St Nicholas TQ 6171 10/15 1.6.67
I
2. C14 with some C15 windows, restored in 1867. Built of flint with west tower of 3 stages built of flint and ragstone in a chequerwork pattern with higher north-east octagonal stair turret and crenellated parapet. Chancel, nave and aisle with 3 gables of equal size. South porch. Decorated interior. Piscina and triple sedilia with ogee arches. South aisle has some fragments of sculpture. Perpendicular font. Stalls with misericords. Some C14 tiles near the sedilia. Pulpit made up of Jacobean panels. Wall paintings of Latimer and Ridley, possibly C18. Several brasses in chancel and south aisle, and large alabaster wall monument to John Sedley died 1605.
Listing NGR: TQ6137671163 (9)

Archive material (10)

<1> OS 6" 1938 (OS Card Reference). SKE48349.

<2> Arch Cant 43 1931 318 (A A Burrows) (OS Card Reference). SKE35125.

<3> F1 CFW 23-JUL-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE42729.

<4> F2 ASP 14-OCT-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE43112.

<5> DOE(HHR) Dist of Dartford Kent Mar 1982 6 (OS Card Reference). SKE40925.

<6> BOE W Kent and the Weald 1980 539-40 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38274.

<7> Field report for monument TQ 67 SW 25 - July, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3652.

<8> Field report for monument TQ 67 SW 25 - October, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3653.

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

<10> Historic England, Archive material associated with St Nicholas' Church, Southfleet, Listed Building (Archive). SKE53915.

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