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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 95 NW 9
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:Church of St Margaret, Wichling

Summary

Church Norman & later. Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1100 to 1899


Grid Reference:TQ 9155 5576
Map Sheet:TQ95NW
Parish:WICHLING, MAIDSTONE, KENT

Monument Types

  • CHURCH (Medieval to Modern - 1100 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II) 1060969: CHURCH OF ST MARGARET

Full description

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[TQ 91545576] St. Margaret's Church [NAT] (1) The Church of St. Margaret Wichling has a Norman north doorway in the nave and a 15th c. chancel arch. The remainder was greatly restored in 1887 when the tower and porch were added. (2) In normal use. (3) Additional bibliography. (4)(5)

Description from record TQ 95 NW 48:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
WICHLING LENHAM ROAD TQ 95 NW (west side)
2/259 Church of St. Margaret 26.4.68. II Parish church. C12, C14 and C15, restored 1882-3 by Clarke. Nave flint, north wall incorporating a few lumps of tufa. Chancel flint rubble with small amounts of thin red brick or tile interspersed. Plain tiled roof. Wood shingles to spire of tower. Nave, chancel, and north tower at west end of chancel. Nave: plinthless and gabled, with diagonal buttresses. C14 west window and restored C14 south window. North wall has one C14 window. C19 chimney stack towards east end. C19 timber-framed south porch on stone-dressed flint plinth. Small blocked C12 north doorway of 3 orders, with roll to central order. 3 scalloped capitals each side, with ringed base to central one. Chancel: lower roof than nave, but aligned. Stone-coped flint plinth to east end. Two C15 south windows. C19 east window in a C15 style. West tower: 2 stages on a short plinth, with shingled broach spire. 4 small hipped lucarnes with scalloped louvres. C19 lancet-type windows except north window of lower stage which incorporates a, probably re-used,Medieval trefoiled head. Interior: not inspected. J. Newman ( Buildings of England Series, North East and East Kent, 1969) notes C14 chancel arch and rare late C12 lead font with repeating leaf decoration. Listing NGR: TQ9143354924 (7)


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

<2> M H L G Prov List Hollingbourne RD Nov 1960 97 (OS Card Reference). SKE46222.

<3> F1 ASP 09-JUL-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42014.

<4> DOE (HHR) Borough of Maidstone Kent 14 December 1984 129 (OS Card Reference). SKE39914.

<5> Bldgs of Eng-NE & E Kent 1980 496 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38113.

<6> Field report for monument TQ 95 NW 9 - July, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4814.

<7> 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: M H L G Prov List Hollingbourne RD Nov 1960 97.
<3>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 09-JUL-63.
<4>OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Borough of Maidstone Kent 14 December 1984 129.
<5>OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng-NE & E Kent 1980 496 (J Newman).
<6>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 95 NW 9 - July, 1963.
<7>XYMap: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #34360 Church, ]