Parish Church Of All Saints

TL 05SE RAVENSDEN CHURCH END

7/70 Parish Church of All Saints 13.7.64 GV I

Parish church. Late C12 to late C17 or early C18. Coursed limestone rubble, some brown cobbles, some red brick, with ashlar dressinqs. Clay tile roofs. Chancel, N vestry, nave, S porch, N aisle, W tower. Chancel: C14, S wall rebuilt circa 1700 in red brick. S windows square-headed with C19 tracery. C14 E window reworked C20. C19 chancel arch. Segmental arch to N wall leads to late C19 N vestry of brown cobbles. Nave: rebuilt C15, but retains Cl2 S doorway with chequerboard pattern to interior tympanum. Timber and red brick S porch circa 1700. C13 3-bay N arcade. C13 N aisle, with C15 windows and doorway, latter blocked, and C17 roof of 2 cross gables. 2-stage W tower: c15 with simple C16 belfry windows and embattled parapet. Interior: Nave roof plastered, but still with original ties and crown posts. Other roofs modern. Nave S wall has 1718 monument to John Wigstaffe and wife Elizabeth.

Listing NGR: TL0777554316