Church of St Mary, Chartham

Church of St Mary, Chartham

Church of St Mary, Chartham
Church of St Mary, Chartham
Location in Kent
Coordinates: 51°15′21″N 1°01′05″E / 51.2559°N 1.0180°E / 51.2559; 1.0180
Location Chartham, Kent
Country England
Denomination Anglican
Website St Mary's, Chartham
History
Founded c. 1285
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Heritage designation Grade I
Designated 30 January 1967
Architectural type Church
Completed 1305
Specifications
Materials knapped flint
Administration
Parish Chartham
Deanery West Bridge
Archdeaconry Canterbury
Diocese Diocese of Canterbury
Province Province of Canterbury
Clergy
Vicar(s) Revd Phil Brown

St Mary's Church is in the village of Chartham, Kent, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Canterbury. Constructed between 1285 and circa 1305,[1] with a later tower of the fourteenth century,[1] the church was restored in 1875 by George Edmund Street.[1] The church is designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.[1]

Architecture and fittings

The church is constructed of Kentish knapped flint with ragstone quoins. It is of cruciform design, with nave, transepts, chancel and tower.[2] The church has a number of features of particular note. The nave, transepts and crossing have "a magnificent series of c. 1300 timber roofs with large scissor-trussed rafters."[3] The windows in the chancel are considered amongst the very best examples of Kentish tracery.[4] The stained glass, although "much renewed in 1881 (has) enough glass of c.1294 to guarantee the authenticity of the whole."[4] The brass of the medieval knight, Sir Robert de Septvans, is the one of the oldest in the country and "none are more memorable."[4] The church also contains monuments by Rysbrack and Thomas Scheemakers.[5]

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