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Parish Church of St Mary

A Grade I Listed Building in High Halden, Kent

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.1029 / 51°6'10"N

Longitude: 0.7148 / 0°42'53"E

OS Eastings: 590163

OS Northings: 137237

OS Grid: TQ901372

Mapcode National: GBR QVR.TSK

Mapcode Global: VHKKR.BJRW

Plus Code: 9F324P37+5W

Entry Name: Parish Church of St Mary

Listing Date: 16 August 1962

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1185888

English Heritage Legacy ID: 180230

ID on this website: 101185888

Location: High Halden, Ashford, Kent, TN26

County: Kent

District: Ashford

Civil Parish: High Halden

Built-Up Area: High Halden

Traditional County: Kent

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent

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Description


HIGH HALDEN
1.
5272
Parish Church of St Mary
TQ 9037 17/169 16.8.62.
I

2.
Chancel, south chapel, north transept, nave with south aisle, wooden south
porch unusual belfry tower at the west end of timbered construction with scissor
trusses shingled outside with shingled spire above and on each side of it
on the ground floor casing in the form of a wooden room (the north one now
the vestry) so that the shape of the ground floor as a whole is an octagon.
The nave is Norman, the chancel C14, the tower circa 1300, the south porch
C14, the south chapel the north transept and the south aisle C15. C14 crown
post roof to nave and aisles. Church restored by Street 1868. C13 font.
The churchyard contains a tomb chest and some C18 headstones with cherub
or hourglass motifs, one with serpent, book, heavenly crown and hourglass
motif, an early C19 headstone with cast iron cherubs and some oval bodystones.


Listing NGR: TQ9016137236

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