Church Of St Mary is a Grade I listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1967. A C13 Church. 1 related planning application.
Church Of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- grim-glass-briar
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1967
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
1. 5273 BISHOPSBOURNE THE STREET (west side)
Church of St Mary (formerly listed under Park Lane) TR 1852 21/152 30.1.67
I GV
2. Knapped flint with tile roof, weathervane to tower. Chancel with north and south chapels (now the vestry and the family pew of Bourne Park respectively) and nave with aisles. The chancel, nave and aisles are C13, the north and south chapels and the tower C15. C15 choir stalls. The Reverend Richard Hooker, author of 'Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity' and rector of Bishopsbourne from 1595-1600 is buried and has a memorial here. Attractive early C19 memorial plaque to John McDivitt, 1839. Stained glass some original glass in the chancel, also glass by Burne-Jones, and of the mid C16. Boarded wagon roofs by Scott, 1871. Carved tombstones in churchyard with cherubs and skulls.
Listing NGR: TR1877952615
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