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Monument details

Summary

Grade I listed building. Main construction periods 1200 to 1893. Church, 13th century and later

Monument Types

• CHURCH (Medieval to Modern - 1200 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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Description from record TQ 96 NW 2:
[TQ 90126795] All Saints Church. [NAT] (1) Iwade church, All Saints, consists of 13 c. chancel, nave and tower, with 16 c. continuous south aisle. There is some old glass in the east window of the south chapel, c.1540. There are remains of a 15c. screen. (2) Iwade: All Saints ...East windows of chancel and aisle are Perpendicular. Other windows are square-headed with mullions simply cinquefoiled. There is no division between chancel and nave. The tower opens to nave only by a small pointed doorway. The exterior is rude and patched. The chancel walls have much brick and the nave south wall has been strengthened by brickwork, but the original work is flints chiefly. The tower is very low and has no architectural character. [Full architectural description.] (3) Dedication to All Saints on noticeboard. The church is in regular use for divine worship. There is no visual evidence of brick in the chancel or nave south walls. There are fine king post roofs to nave and chancel, and to the south aisle. GP/AO/59/220/4 From South East. (4) In normal use. (5) 3/2 Church of All Saints 24.1.67 I Parish church. C13 with C14 fenestration, south aisle c. 1504, restored 1874, south porch added 1893. Rubble and plain tiled roof, with flint and rubble tower with shingle roof. Nave and chancel, south aisle and south porch, west tower. Two stage tower with blocked west doorway, single light over and belfry openings. South aisle built after 1504 (money bequest in that year) with diagonal buttresses 2 offset buttresses and 2 two-light Perpendicular windows. Restored south-east and east windows, 3 light Perpendicular. Chancel roof line steps down and in to nave roof, showing separate build. North nave and chancel wall with 4 offset buttresses three C14 windows and plain chamfered north doorway. Gabled south porch, moulded outer doorway with hood. Inner doorway and door of c. 1504, overlapping plank and stud, strapped ironwork, ring handle with 2 dragons twisted round; door surround roll moulded with hollow chamfer and basket arch with quatrefoil over. Interior: nave with 2 bay arcade to south aisle on octagonal piers with broad, double chamfered arches. Double chamfered doorway to tower.

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 96 NE IWADE THE STREET (east side)
3/2 Church of All Saints
24.1.67 I
Parish church. C13 with C14 fenestration, south aisle c. 1504, restored 1874, south porch added 1893. Rubble and plain tiled roof, with flint and rubble tower with shingle roof. Nave and chancel, south aisle and south porch, west tower. Two stage tower with blocked west doorway, single light over and belfry openings. South aisle built after 1504 (money bequest in that year) with diagonal buttresses 2 offset buttresses and 2 two-light Perpendicular windows. Restored south-east and east windows, 3 light Perpendicular. Chancel roof line steps down and in to nave roof, showing separate build. North nave and chancel wall with 4 offset buttresses three C14 windows and plain chamfered north doorway. Gabled south porch, moulded outer doorway with hood. Inner doorway and door of c. 1504, over- lapping plank and stud, strapped ironwork, ring handle with 2 dragons twisted round; door surround roll moulded with hollow chamfer and basket arch with quatrefoil over. Interior: nave with 2 bay arcade to south aisle on octagonal piers with broad, double chamfered arches. Double chamfered doorway to tower. Roof of 4 crown posts, as also south aisle. Floor level internally raised approximately 1 foot. No chancel arch. Single arched opening from chancel to south aisle, chancel roof C19 crown posts. Fittings: water stoup by south door, piscina in chancel and cusped piscina in south aisle. Wooden screen in south aisle, 3 bays with Perpendicular tracery and door in left bay, finely moulded with attached shafts for (missing) statues. Brasses: on large stone slab in south west corner, to Symon Snelling d. 1467 and wife Jokuosa (Joyce). One foot high, Symon has lost his head. Glass: south-east window, c. 1504 crucifixion scene, repaired 1840. Royal Coat of Arms: George III, on the west wall. (See BOE Kent II, 1983, 363).
Listing NGR: TQ9009967904 (10)

Wessex Archaeology, A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough Road Improvements, Kent: Archaeological Survey: Stage 2: Preliminary Field Evaluation (Unpublished document). SKE11943.

ALL SAINTS CHURCH, SWALE - FROM SOUTH EAST. (Photograph). SKE1431.

<1> OS 6" 1939-40 (OS Card Reference). SKE48360.

<2> Kent Little Guide 1935 6th Edn 198 (JC Cox) (OS Card Reference). SKE45920.

<3> Notes on churches of Kent 1877 192 (SR Glynne) (OS Card Reference). SKE47692.

<4> F1 ASP 30-JUL-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE42354.

<5> F2 AC 09-SEP-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE43052.

<6> DOE (HHR) Swale Boro Kent 27th Nov 1984 49 (OS Card Reference). SKE40624.

<7> Bldgs of Eng NE & E Kent 1983 363 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37764.

<8> Field report for monument TQ 96 NW 2 - July, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4860.

<9> Field report for monument TQ 96 NW 2 - September, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4861.

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

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