Link to printer-friendly page

It should not be assumed that this site is publicly accessible and it may be on private property. Do not trespass.

Monument details

HER Number:TR 23 NW 413
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL

Summary

Grade I listed building. Main construction periods 1067 to 1980 Church. Late 11th century or 12th century church with 13th century and 17th century additions. Nineteenth century additions included the bellcote and vestry. A restoration took place in 1875. It is constructed of flint and stone with a plain tile roof. The church was declared redundant in 1980


Grid Reference:TR 22807 39688
Map Sheet:TR23NW
Parish:HAWKINGE, SHEPWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • CHURCH (Medieval to Modern - 1067 AD to 1980 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (I) 1242021: CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL

Full description

If you do not understand anything on this page please contact us.

Description from record TR 23 NW 47:
(TR 22813979) St Michael's Church (NAT) (1) Church of St Michael. Grade B. Chancel and nave with no division between them, arch for a bell over the west end of the nave, and south porch. Norman with Early English ws. (2) In normal use. (3) St Michael's Church has a blocked west Norman doorway but is otherwiseEarly English. The building was declared redundant in 1980. (4) Listed Grade I. (5) (7)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:

TR 23 NW HAWKINGE GRAVEYARD HILL (west side)
7/135 Church of St. Michael 29.12.66
GV I
Parish church. Late Cll or C12, C13, and C17, restored 1875. Flint, with stone quoins and dressings. Plain tile roof. Continuous nave and chancel. South porch to nave. Nave: west end: no plinth. Gabled, with C19 bellcote. Pointed, plain-chamfered lancet. Blocked round- headed late Cll or C12 doorway with small voussoirs carved with raised diamond pattern. South elevation: one plain-chamfered pointed lancet towards west end and one tall rectangular C17 two-light window with plain-chamfered mullion towards east. South porch: galleted flint and stone, with plain tile roof. Broad, and gabled. No windows. Plain-chamfered round-headed outer doorway with consecration cross. Inner doorway has rounded jambs, segmental head, and boarded door. Chancel: south elevation: rectangular two-light C17 window towards nave. Tall plain-chamfered pointed lancet with transom. Another C17 two- light window towards east end. East end: two tall plain- chamfered pointed lancets flanking a central buttress with offsets. North elevation: unfenestrated. C19 lean-to vestry with two lancets and doorway in a C13 style. Nave: north elevation: three broadly-spaced plain-chamfered pointed lancets. Interior: roof: four crown-post trusses to nave, with chamfered tie-beams, octagonal crown-posts with chamfered rectangular capitals and bases, sous-laces, ashlar-pieces and plain-chamfered cornice. C19 collar-purlin roof to chancel. Fittings: two east end lancets share a single chamfered rere arch, with canted buttress between the lights. South- east chancel window has deep C13 window-seat sedilla with piscina in top of east 'arm'. Piscina in small pointed-arched recess to east end of south wall, with image corbel to slightly-projecting bowl. Octagonal font with chamfered bowl and plinth. Pamment floor to nave. Monuments: slab on chancel floor to William Rolfe, d.1740, his wife and children (d.1747-86); probably erected after 1786. Broadly scrolled top with two cherubs' heads. Monument on north wall of chancel, to John Herdson, d.1622; alabaster. Moulded plinth, with strapwork base-plate with crowned skull. Slightly recessed rectangular inscription panel flanked by pilasters carved with fruit, bibles and insignia of death. Rosette paterae. Inscribed frieze. Moulded cornice. Iron bracket above. Declared redundant in 1980. (J. Newman, Buildings of England Series, North-east and east Kent, 1983 edn).
Listing NGR: TR2293539822 (8)

Historic England archive material: BF051871 ST MICHAELS CHURCH, HAWKINGE 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> OS 6" 1962 (OS Card Reference). SKE48371.

<2> MHLG Elham RD Kent Sept 1960, Page Nos. 18 (OS Card Reference). SKE47117.

<3> F1 CFW 23.04.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42714.

<4> Bldgs of Eng: NE and E Kent 1983 (J Newman), Page Nos. 346 (OS Card Reference). SKE38102.

<5> Field report for monument TR 23 NW 47 - April, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5627.

<6> DNH Listing 17-Oct-1988 (OS Card Reference). SKE39786.

<7> Diocese of Canterbury (Tim Tatton-Brown), 1995, Hawkinge, St Michael:Diocesan church survey (Unpublished document). SKE29628.

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

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1962.
<2>OS Card Reference: MHLG Elham RD Kent Sept 1960, Page Nos. 18.
<3>OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 23.04.64.
<4>OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng: NE and E Kent 1983 (J Newman), Page Nos. 346.
<5>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 23 NW 47 - April, 1964.
<6>OS Card Reference: DNH Listing 17-Oct-1988.
<7>Unpublished document: Diocese of Canterbury (Tim Tatton-Brown). 1995. Hawkinge, St Michael:Diocesan church survey.
<8>XYMap: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #32362 church, ]