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Latitude: 51.3044 / 51°18'15"N
Longitude: 0.4223 / 0°25'20"E
OS Eastings: 568949
OS Northings: 158930
OS Grid: TQ689589
Mapcode National: GBR NPC.5LF
Mapcode Global: VHJM5.8GMW
Plus Code: 9F328C3C+QW
Entry Name: Church of St Peter and St Paul
Listing Date: 25 August 1959
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1100628
English Heritage Legacy ID: 179377
ID on this website: 101100628
Location: St Peter and St Paul's Church, Leybourne, Tonbridge and Malling, Kent, ME19
County: Kent
District: Tonbridge and Malling
Civil Parish: Leybourne
Built-Up Area: Ditton
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent
Church of England Parish: Leybourne St Peter and St Paul
Church of England Diocese: Rochester
Tagged with: Church building
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TQ 65 NE
7/201
LEYBOURNE CP
CASTLE WAY
Church of St Peter and St Paul
(Formerly listed as Church of St Peter and St Paul, MALLING ROAD)
25.8.59
II*
Church. C12, c1533, restored 1873-77 by Sir A Blomfield. West tower, nave, separate chancel, north aisle and chapel. Random rubble, tiled roofs. Tower: four stages, separated by bands, a re-casing of 1873-77. Embattled with inset machiocolations, and prominent water-spouts at corner. Two-light neo-Norman belfry openings, tall slits on two stages below and curvilinear west window. Nave: two bays with one C12 window to south. Chancel: one bay. North aisle and chapel: three two-light windows with square-headed surrounds.
Interior: north arcade, C14 octagonal piers and double-chamfered arches. Chancel arch, double-chamfered, originally from north arcade. Fittings: Heart Shrine: traditionally that of Sir Roger de Laybourne, d.1271. Double arched recess in single arch. Two free-standing gabled caskets with geometrical patterning. Two wrought-iron crowns. Monument, Louisa Brockman, d.1837, by J S Westmacott, 1866. Tablet flanked by relief figures.
Listing NGR: TQ6858258935
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