Parish Church of All Saints is a Grade I listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1962. A Early C13 Church.

Parish Church of All Saints

WRENN ID
errant-span-willow
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Ashford
Constituency
Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 August 1962
Type
Church
Address
Parish Church of All Saints, High Street, Biddenden
OS grid reference
TQ 849 384
Coordinates
51.11512, 0.64049
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Parish Church of All Saints is a Grade I listed building located on Biddenden High Street. The church features a chancel with north and south chapels, a small mortuary chapel in the north-east corner, a nave with aisles, a south porch, and a west tower. The chancel and nave date from the early 13th century, while the south aisle and porch were added in the late 13th century. The north aisle was constructed in the early 14th century, and the north and south chapels, along with the west tower, were built in the 15th century. The mortuary chapel, which contains the tomb of Sir Edward Hendon, was added after his death in 1662. Inside, there is a three-bay crown post roof in the nave, a piscina and sedilia from around 1300, and a fine 16th-century ceiling in the north aisle. The church also has a 13th-century font and a collection of brasses. The graveyard features several chest tombs and 18th-century headstones adorned with skull or cherub motifs.

Local climate

Parish Church of All Saints sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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