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Monument details

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1100 to 1902. Church constructed during the 12th century with mortuary chapels of circa 1697 and circa 1712. Most of the church was restored and rebuilt in 1866 and 1902. It is constructed of flint, rubble and brick with slate and tile roofs. The church is now redundant.

Monument Types

• CHURCH (Medieval to Modern - 1100 AD to 2050 AD)
• MORTUARY CHAPEL (Post Medieval to Modern - 1687 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TILMANSTONE WALDERSHARE TR 24 NE
6/135 Church of 11.10.63 All Saints
GV II*
Parish church, now redundant. C12 in origin, with mortuary chapels added C.1697 and C.1712. Main body of church restored and virtually rebuilt 1886 by Ewan Christian, and 1902. Flint and rubble, with red brick chapels, in English bond on south, with slate roof and tiled chapel roofs. Chancel with chapels and nave with south porch. Lancet fenestration throughout main body of church only 1 in south chancel of C12 origin with C15 style 2 light windows in chapels and 1 in north nave wall, possibly original. Double buttressed west front with bell gable, the bell re-hung on nave south wall. Gabled south porch. Interior: little architectural expression; double chamfered chancel arch, queen strut roof. Chancel with arches to north and south chapels, and remains of genuine C12 and C13 window surrounds. Chapels with wooden barrel roofs, that to south with additional crown-posts. Fittings: piscinas in nave and chancel, mutilated. Painted and mosaic reredos with marble triptych, arcaded altar tables and C17 pierced wooden rail with raised and fielded side pieces and pilastered principal posts. Poor C19 screens to side chapels. Two hatchments in north chapel, 1 in south chapel, and tilting helms in each, with pair of gloves in north chapel. Monuments. In the South Chapel: Sir Edward Monins, d.1602, and family, erected before 1642. Black and white marble wall plaque, with inscription on oval plaque wreathed with palms, with Corinthian columns supporting an interrupted segmental pediment with enriched bracketed sides and bracketed apron. The Hon. Peregrine and Susan Bertie, c.1697. Railed enclosure with twisted principals with spear finials, enclosing tomb chest with swagged side pieces with funerary symbols and achievements. Draped panels with Cherubim. Peregrine and Susan recline uncomfortably with hands clasped and legs crossed on the tomb. As Hasted remarked, the figures are "made all out of proportion and conspicuously absurd." The inscription hints at "barbarous and horrid murder." North Chapel: Sir Henry Furnese, d.1712. By Thomas Green of Camberwell (and signed), one of the outstanding statuaries of his time (Gunnis, p.179). This free standing monument of 4 kinds of marble fills the entire chapel. Square base with 4 life-size mourning women seated on chairs and inscriptions on each side. Raised centre on cross-plan, with 4 putti on pedestals holding torches and funerary sheets, the side panels with elaborate cartouches of arms. Top stage of urn on 4 large volutes enriched with cherubs'heads and acanthus leaves, with torch finial. Outstanding. (See BOE, Kent, II, 1983, pp. 486-7; see also R. Gunnis, Dictionary of British Sculptors, 1660-1851, p.179; see also Hasted, X, pp. 59-60).
Listing NGR: TR2903948084 Formerly TR 24 NE 16 (1)

Additional references (2-3)

Historic England archive material: BF051897 ALL SAINTS CHURCH, TILMANSTONE File of material relating to a site or building. This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate.

<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> Bldgs of Eng-North East & East Kent 1983 486-487 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE54786.

<3> Hist of kent 9 1800 231 (E Hasted) (OS Card Reference). SKE32568.

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