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Monument details

Summary

St Nicholas's church Grade I. Built of flint and stone rubble with tiled roof. Grade I listed building. The chancel and the walls of the nave are Norman, Tower in 3 stages with crenellated parapet, the lower stages 12th century having clasping buttresses with banding, the battlements 15th century. The arcades and aisles are 14th to 15th century, the timber-framed north porch 14th century. The nave is of four bays with kingpost roof. Roman tiles are built into the tower. Sturry was one of the early minsters founded in Kent before 700.

Monument Types

• ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• MINSTER (CHURCH, Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 600 AD to 700 AD)
• CHURCH (Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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[TR 1760 6010 Ch [NAT] (1) Church of St Nicholas, Sturry. The chancel and walls of the nave are Norman. Other parts are C12th - C15th. The tower contains several string courses of Roman tiles. (2,3) In normal use. (4) Church of St Nicholas (formerly listed under Mill Road), Church Lane, Sturry. Grade I. Built of flint and stone rubble with tiled roof. The chancel and the walls of the nave are Norman, Tower in 3 stages with crenellated parapet, the lower stages C12 having clasping buttresses with banding, the battlements C15. The arcades and aisles are C14 to C15, the timber-framed N porch C14. Four bay nave with kingpost roof. Piscina, C13 font. (5) Additional bibliography. (6) (9)

Description from record TR 16 SE 175:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5273 STURRY CHURCH LANE
Church of St Nicholas (formerly listed under Mill Road) TR 1760 32/568 30.1.67
I
2. Built of flint and stone rubble with tiled roof. The chancel and the walls of the nave are Norman, Tower in 3 stages with crenellated parapet, the lower stages C12 having clasping buttresses with banding, the battlements C15. The arcades and aisles are C14 to C15, the timber-framed north porch C14. Four bay nave with kingpost roof. Piscina, C13 font. The churchyard contains oval bodystones and some C18 headstones with cherub or skull motifs.
Listing NGR: TR1760960110 (10)

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

<2> MHLG (1953/11/A Dec 1960) 58 (OS Card Reference). SKE46955.

<3> F1 NVQ 08-SEP-54 (OS Card Reference). SKE43036.

<4> F2 ASP 15-NOV-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE43117.

<5> DOE (HHR) Dist of City of Canterbury 1980 193 (OS Card Reference). SKE40214.

<6> The Buildings of England North East and East Kent 1983 471 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE50203.

<7> Field report for monument TR 16 SE 6 - September, 1954 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5554.

<8> Field report for monument TR 16 SE 6 - November, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5555.

<9> Diocese of Rochester (Tim Tatton-Brown), 1993, Sturry, St Nicholas:Diocesan church survey (Unpublished document). SKE29514.

<10> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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