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Monument details

Summary

Grade I listed building. Main construction periods 1200 to 1880. 13th/14th century Collegiate Church restored in the 19th century

Monument Types

• COLLEGIATE CHURCH (Medieval to Modern - 1200 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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Description from record TQ 66 NE 12 :
[TQ 66966838] Church [TU] (1)

Cobham Collegiate Church. The walls are partly of Kentish rag. The chancel with nave arcades is 13th c., the nave aisles, north porch and western tower date from the foundation of the College [TQ 66 NE 6] in the latter part of the 14thc. The remains of an arch discovered in 1860 embedded in the west wall of the chancel might have been assigned to the 11thc. but for its slightly pointed apex. It is impossible to account for it as an integral part of the existing fabric. The church was restored in the 19thc. [See AO/59/147/1] (2)

Detailed description of the monuments to the Lords of Cobham, in Cobham Church. (3)

Dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene and in normal use. (4)

TQ 66 NE COBHAM THE STREET (south side) 5/18 21.11.66 Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene. Grade 1. Duplicate See P6 Strood RD. Chancel about 1220. Chancel arch 1880, nave rebuilt about 1365 with north porch. Tower a little later, main walls of flint with stone dressings. Tower at west end of Kentish ragstone. Long chancel, square nave, north and south aisles of different widths carried west to enclose tower. Exceptionally fine sequence of brasses 1299-1450. Outstanding sedilia 1370. Table tomb of alabaster and black marble with well sculpted effigies of Lord Cobham and his wife dated 1558. Restored 1860. (5)

Additional bibliography. (6-9)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 66 NE COBHAM THE STREET 5/18 (south side)
21.11.66 Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene
I
Chancel about 1220. Chancel arch 1880, nave rebuilt about 1365 with north porch. Tower a little later, main walls of flint with stone dressings. Tower at west end of Kentish ragstone. Long chancel, square nave, north and south aisles of different widths carried west to enclose tower. Exceptionally fine sequence of brasses 1299-1450. Outstanding sedilia 1370. Table tomb of alabaster and black marble with well sculpted effigies of Lord Cobham and his wife dated 1558. Restored 1860.
Listing NGR: TQ6700468398 (10)

Archive material (11)

<1> OS 6" 1939 (OS Card Reference). SKE48359.

<2> Arch Cant Vol 43 1931 133-60 plan (A Vallance) (OS Card Reference). SKE36398.

<3> Arch Cant Vol 11 1877 49-112 (JG Waller) (OS Card Reference). SKE36371.

<4> F1 CFW 28.10.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42792.

<5> DOE(HHR)Dist of Gravesham Kent July 1983 9 (OS Card Reference). SKE41326.

<6> JBAA 9 new series 1903 71-5 (Payne) (OS Card Reference). SKE45000.

<7> Bldgs of Eng West Kent and the Weald 1980 225-29 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38047.

<8> Field report for monument TQ 66 NE 12 - October, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3500.

<9> Diocese of Rochester (Tim Tatton-Brown), ?, Cobham, St Mary Magdalene: Diocesan church survey (partial) (Unpublished document). SKE29611.

<10> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<11> Historic England, Archive material associated with St Mary Magdalene's Church, Cobham, Listed building (Archive). SKE53867.

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