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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 95 SE 20
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:CHURCH OF ST MARY

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1200 to 1904. A parish church with 13th century chancel and nave, restored in 1904. The remainder is 19th century. The church is of flint and sandstone with a plain tiled roof. The exterior has been heavily restored. The tower is topped by weather vane dated 1904, over a wooden belfry with tiled roof.

Grid Reference:TQ 96738 52434
Map Sheet:TQ95SE
Parish:STALISFIELD, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • CHURCH (Medieval to Modern - 1200 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II*) 1025295: CHURCH OF ST MARY

Full description

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Description from record TQ 95 SE 1:
[TQ 9673 5243] St. Mary's Church [NAT] (1) Church of St. Mary, Stalisfield. Chancel, nave with tower in the centre of its north side and vestry in the centre of its south side and north porch. It has a 13th century chancel and nave, restored in the 19th century. The remainder is 19th century. Grade B. (2) In normal use. (3) Listed Grade II*. (4)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 95 SE STALISFIELD CHURCH ROAD (east side)
6/121 Church of St. Mary
24.1.67 II*
Parish church. C13 and restored 1904. Flint and sandstone with plain tiled roof. Chancel with south chapel, nave with aisles, north tower. Exterior heavily restored, tower topped by weather vane dated 1904, over a wooden belfry with tiled roof.- Three light C15 east window, otherwise C19 fenestration. Double chamfered west doorway. Interior: nave arcades of 2 bays, on square piers with chamfered corners and trefoiled archlet to heavy moulded abaci, Roof of 3 tall crown posts. Single chamfered arch on imposts from chancel to chapel and blocked arch to demolished north chapel. Double chamfered chancel arch. Fittings: trefoil headed piscina in chancel. Rood screen:C15 perpendicular. Five bays, each with four-light traceried openings- with crenellated oblique transoms. Vine motif frieze above blank tracery on lower panels, with angels, eagles and roses in spandrels. Attached shafts support frieze of Tudor flowers with renewed cove. C13 font on 5 shafts with 4 blank arches on each side of bowl. Royal coat of arms (obscured at time of survey) carved in high relief on nave south wall. (See B.O.E. Kent II, 1983, 465 and illus. 65.) Listing NGR: TQ9659753207 (5)


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

<2> MHLG Provisional List Swale RD Nov 1960 87 no 28/1 (OS Card Reference). SKE47165.

<3> F1 ASP 19-JUL-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42184.

<4> Field report for monument TQ 95 SE 1 - July, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4816.

<5> DNH List 28-Aug-1986 (OS Card Reference). SKE39779.

<5> 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" 1961.
<2>OS Card Reference: MHLG Provisional List Swale RD Nov 1960 87 no 28/1.
<3>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 19-JUL-63.
<4>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 95 SE 1 - July, 1963.
<5>XYMap: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #32723 ChURCH, ]
<5>OS Card Reference: DNH List 28-Aug-1986.