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Monument details

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1378 to 1378

Summary from record TQ 76 NE 385:

A small chapel dating from the mid/late 14th century 13.0m. by 6.5m. with three walls (N.S.W) intact. The north and south walls each contain two windows and a pointed arch doorway: the west wall has a window in Decorated style. The east wall and roof have gone. Dedication not known. Part of a medieval manor (TQ 76 NE 387), but now the only remaining upstanding remains along with the shell of second building to the north (TQ 76 NE 386).

Monument Types

• CHANTRY CHAPEL (Abandoned ?, Medieval - 1349 AD? to 1349 AD (post))
• SITE (Medieval - 1378 AD to 1378 AD)

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:

GILLINGHAM
TQ76NE GRANGE ROAD, Grange 686-1/7/69 (South side) 24/02/50 Remains of Chapel in north-east corner of garden, Grench Manor
II
Chapel, now ruinous. 1378, by Sir John Philpott, Lord Mayor of London. Limestone rubble and flint with limestone dressings. Single storey; 3-bay range. Roofless and without E end; windowless N wall, W gable has a pointed 2-light Decorated window with a quatrefoil and a simple internal triangular arch of two leaning lintels. S side has a central doorway with a 4-centre arch in a chamfered lintel, and small altered windows each side.
Listing NGR: TQ7987268662

Description from record TQ 76 NE 385:
TQ 7932 6852] CHAPEL [G.T.] (Remains of) (1)

The manor of Grange, anciently Grench, Gillingham, is mentioned with its chantry chapel, in 1349(2) although Hussey(3) states the chapel was built by Sir John Phillipot, who was Lord Mayor of London in 1378-9. The remains of the chapel are near the present house, and another ruin, called a Refectory, is also standing. (2-4)

The owner is changing the name from "The Grange" to the original name of "Grench Manor". The probable original remains consist of:- (A) The Chapel, at TQ 7932 6852, is a small building 13.0m. by 6.5m. with three walls (N.S.W) intact. The north and south walls each contain two windows and a pointed arch doorway: the west wall has a window in Decorated style. The east wall and roof have gone. Dedication not known. (B) An unidentified building called the Refectory (TQ 76 NE 386), at TQ 7939 6852 next to the main gateway to Grench Manor, is of similar construction and style to the chapel. It consists of a southern side and eastern end only and is 18.0m. by 6.5m. The side wall contains two pointed arch doorways and three windows - the end wall is only fragmentary. The original purpose of the building is unknown but a reasonable assumptioon is that it was an outbuilding of Grench Manor. Further foundations have been noted under the lawn midway between the two buildings. (a) (5)

Remains of chapel in north east corner of garden, Grench Manor, Grange Road, Grange. Grade II. In the north east corner of the garden of this house (TQ 76 NE 43) are the ruins of a chapel built in 1378. (7)

Additional Information (8 - 12).

Desk-top assessments (13 - 14)

Stephen Levrant Heritage Architecture Ltd, 2008, Grace Manor, 348 Grange Road, Gillingham, Kent: Historical Background Appraisal Morphological Study, Schedule And Drawings Showing Cultural Significance (Unpublished document). SKE15931.

EDP, 2009, Grace Manor, Gillingham, Kent: Archaeological Assessment (Unpublished document). SKE15930.

<1> OS 25" 1932 (OS Card Reference). SKE48260.

<2> Hasted, E., 1786, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 2, Hist of Kent 2 1782 83 (E Hasted) (Monograph). SKE8061.

<3> Arch Cant 29 1911 237 (A Hussey) (OS Card Reference). SKE34946.

<3> Hussey, A., 1911, Archaeologia Cantiana Vol. 29. Chapels in Kent, Arch Cant 29 1911 237 (A Hussey) (Article in serial). SKE8032.

<4> Chats about Gillingham 1906 30 (CS Leeds) (OS Card Reference). SKE38951.

<5> E Smith Randall Owner (OS Card Reference). SKE41539.

<6> F1 AC 06-NOV-51 (OS Card Reference). SKE41769.

<7> F2 CFW 05-NOV-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE43207.

<8> DOE (HHR) Borough of Gillingham 1973 (OS Card Reference). SKE39911.

<9> Newman, J., 1980, Buildings of England: West Kent and the Weald, Bldgs of Eng West Kent and the Weald 1980 293-94 (J Newman) (Monograph). SKE7817.

<10> DOE Amendment Letter. 6.11.90 (OS Card Reference). SKE40783.

<11> Kirk, L, 1998, Excavation at Grench Manor, Gillingham (Unpublished document). SKE11931.

<12> Field report for monument TQ 76 NE 43 - November, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4068.

<13> Wessex Archaeology, 2000, Grange Farm, Gillingham Kent Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment (Unpublished document). SKE12491.

<14> CgMs Consulting, 2002, Archaeological Desk Based Assessment of Land at Grange Farm, Gillingham (Unpublished document). SKE12492.

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