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Monument details

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1067 to 1899. Late 11th or C12th century with 13th and 14th century alterations, restored in the late 19th century. Plan of West tower, nave, south porch, chancel, north vestry, north aisle.There is strong evidence that Saltwood was a minster created in a second wave of minster creation in Kent from the 8th to mid-10th centuries.

Monument Types

• MINSTER (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 700 AD to 950 AD)
• CHURCH (Medieval to Modern - 1067 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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Description from record TR 13 NE 6:
[TR 15793601] St Peter and St Paul's Church [T.U.] (1) The Church of St Peter and St Paul, Saltwood contains Norman, C13th and C14th work. (2,3) In normal use. (4) TR 13 NE SALTWOOD RECTORY LANE (East Side) 4/67 Church of St. Peter and St. Paul GV II* Parish church. Late C11 or C12, C13, C14, restored late C19. Thin slabs of roughly coursed stone. Plain tile roofs. West tower, nave, south porch, chancel, north vestry, north aisle. West Tower: C13. Two stages on rendered plinth, with battlements above chamfered string. Saddleback roof removed circa 1892. Belfry windows C19 in a C13 style. Three C19 chamfered round-headed windows towards base of south side. C19 west doorway. Nave: Late C11 or C12. No plinth. One buttress. Two C19 windows of two cinquefoil-headed lights. Narrow blocked round-headed window to east of porch. South Porch: C19. Timber-framed, on stone plinth. Restored late C11 or C12 inner doorway. Chancel: C14. One south and one north buttress. Diagonal south-east and north east buttress. Two C14 south windows; one of 2 cinquefoil-headed lights without overall architrave and one, restored, of 2 cusped ogee-headed lights with quatrefoil. Reticulated C14 east window. Two north windows as those to south. North Vestry: C19, on moulded plinth, with bargeboards to north. Unpierced. North Aisle: C19, with C13 origins. Gabled (formerly lean-to), with 3 north buttresses. C19 windows. C19 lean-to stone boilerhouse to west end with low adjacent turret dated 1873. Interior: Structure: C13 two-bay nave arcade of broad, lightly-chamfered pointed arches springing from chamfered imposts. Bar stops to end piers. Broad pointed, C14 chancel arch with plain and hollow chamfers and attached columns with bell capitals and bases. No tower arch. Double-shafted late C11 or C12 west doorway, visible from within tower, with scalloped capitals and moulded abaci. Roof: crown-post roof to nave of 3 moulded octagonal crown-posts on moulded tie-beams with solid brackets to pendant posts. Ashlar-pieces and trenched sous-laces. Fittings: restored scroll-moulded string to chancel. Moulded stone corbel with carved head to each side of east window. Pointed-arched beaded piscina to south-east end of north aisle. C15 octagonal dressed stone font with concave sides and shield. Late C13 wooden chest with 5 panels of blank geometrical bar tracery and beasts added to end panels. Royal Arms to north well of north aisle, dated 1834. C19 box pews. Monuments: brass on chancel floor to John Verian, d. 1370; half figure of a priest. Brass, also on chancel floor, to Anne Muston, d. 1496, with angel bearing her heart. Brass in north aisle to Thomas Brokhill, d. 1437, and wife; figures of knight and lady. Tablet on west wall of nave to Thomas Tourney, d. 1712, and others (last died 1788), moulded plinth on consoles, with moulded frieze, panelled pilasters and moulded triangular pediment, with urn, draped skull and shield. Similar tablet to Mary Tourney, d. early C19, and others. Tablet on north wall of north aisle, to Thomas Tourney, d. 1810, by T. King, Bath; white marble on gadrooned base, fluted borders and reeded cornice, surmounted by draped urn and shield on black marble gound. (J. Newman, B.O.E. Series, North-East and East Kent, 1983). (5)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:

TR 13 NE SALTWOOD RECTORY LANE (East side)
4/67 Church of St. Peter 29.12.66 and St. Paul
GV II*
Parish church. Late C11 or C12, C13, C14, restored late C19. Thin slabs of roughly coursed stone. Plain tile roofs. West tower, nave, south porch, chancel, north vestry, north aisle. West Tower: C13. Two stages on rendered plinth, with battlements above chamfered string. Saddleback roof removed circa 1892. Belfry windows C19 in a C13 style. Three C19 chamfered round- headed windows towards base of south side. C19 west doorway. Nave: Late C11 or C12. No plinth. One buttress. Two C19 windows of two cinquefoil- headed lights. Narrow blocked round-headed window to east of porch. South Porch: C19. Timber-framed, on stone plinth. Restored late C11 or C12 inner doorway. Chancel: C14. One south and one north buttress. Diagonal south- east and north east buttress. Two C14 south windows; one of 2 cinquefoil- headed lights without overall architrave and one, restored, of 2 cusped ogee- headed lights with quatrefoil. Reticulated C14 east window. Two north windows as those to south. North Vestry: C19, on moulded plinth, with bargeboards to north. Unpierced. North Aisle: C19, with C13 origins. Gabled (formerly lean-to), with 3 north buttresses. C19 windows. C19 lean- to stone boilerhouse to west end with low adjacent turret dated 1873. Interior: Structure: C13 two-bay nave arcade of broad, lightly-chamfered pointed arches springing from chamfered imposts. Bar stops to end piers. Broad pointed, C14 chancel arch with plain and hollow chamfers and attached columns with bell capitals and bases. No tower arch. Double-shafted late C11 or C12 west doorway, visible from within tower, with scalloped capitals and moulded abaci. Roof: crown-post roof to nave of 3 moulded octagonal crown-posts on moulded tie-beams with solid brackets to pendant posts. Ashlar-pieces and trenched sous-laces. Fittings: restored scroll-moulded string to chancel. Moulded stone corbel with carved head to each side of east window. Pointed-arched beaded piscina to south-east end of north aisle. C15 octagonal dressed stone font with concave sides and shield. Late C13 wooden chest with 5 panels of blank geometrical bar tracery and beasts added to end panels. Royal Arms to north wall of north aisle, dated 1834. C19 box pews. Monuments: brass on chancel floor to John Verien, d.1370; half figure of a priest. Brass, also on chancel floor, to Anne Muston, d. 1496, with angel bearing her heart. Brass in north aisle to Thomas Brokhill, d. 1437, and wife; figures of knight and lady. Tablet on west wall of nave to Thomas Tourney, d. 1712, and others (last died 1788), moulded plinth on consoles, with moulded frieze, panelled pilasters and moulded triangular pediment, with urn, draped skull and shield. Similar tablet to Mary Tourney, d. early C19, and others, Tablet on north wall of north aisle, to Thomas Tourney, d. 1810, by T. King, Bath; white marble on gadrooned base, fluted borders and reeded cornice, surmounted by draped urn and shield on black marble gound. (J. Newman, B.0.E.Series, North-East and East Kent, 1983).
Listing NGR: TR1563836246 (6)

Historic Englnad archive material: OP29162 View of a medieval coffer, displayed outside St Peter and St Paul's Church, Saltwood OP29163 Printed copy of an illustration of a medieval coffer from St Peter and St Paul's Church, Saltwood

<1> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.

<2> Archaeol Cant, 18, 1889, 421 (WA Scott Robertson) (OS Card Reference). SKE37256.

<3> MHLG (2074/11/A, Sep. 1960) 38 (OS Card Reference). SKE47008.

<4> F1 ASP 26-APR-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42302.

<5> DOE(HHR) Dist of Shepway Kent 15 May 1986 44 (OS Card Reference). SKE41056.

<6> Bldgs of Eng NE & E Kent 1983 441 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37773.

<6> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<7> Field report for monument TR 13 NE 6 - April, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5328.

<8> Diocese of Canterbury (Hugh Richmond), 2002, Saltwood, St Peter & Paul:Diocesan church survey (Unpublished document). SKE29483.

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