Church of Saint Mary, Fawkham
Description: Church of Saint Mary
Grade: I
Date Listed: 1 June 1967
English Heritage Building ID: 415691
OS Grid Reference: TQ5970068047
OS Grid Coordinates: 559700, 168047
Latitude/Longitude: 51.3890, 0.2939
Location: Fawkham Road, Fawkham, Kent DA3 8EQ
Locality: Fawkham
Local Authority: Sevenoaks District Council
County: Kent
Country: England
Postcode: DA3 8EQ
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Listing Text
FAWKHAM FAWKHAM ROAD
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5280
TQ 56 NE 3/142 Church of St Mary
1.6.67
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Norman nave and chancel with Decorated windows. The nave has a C16 octagonal
weatherboarded bell turret at its west end surmounted by a shingled spire.
The vestry to the north and south porch are both C19.
Nave and chancel now rendered with stone window surrounds. The interior has
bellcote supports of 4 posts braced at the top with pierced spandrels within
the braces. C14 cusped arch in the south wall of the nave and another earlier
one in the chancel north wall. C14 double piscina with cusped Y-tracery.
C13 wall painting of Christ in Majesty in the nave. Some mediaeval stained
glass fragments in the chancel south window. Hanging monument to John Walter
(died 1625).
Listing NGR: TQ5860566583
Source: English Heritage
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