Church of St Mary Magdalene is a Grade II* listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1962. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Mary Magdalene
- WRENN ID
- gilded-cinder-myrtle
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Dover
- Constituency
- Dover and Deal MP: Mike Tapp (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 1962
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Mary Magdalene, Canterbury Road, Denton with Wootton
- OS grid reference
- TR 216 467
- Coordinates
- 51.17668, 1.16962
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary Magdalene is a parish church located on Canterbury Road in Denton and Wootton. It dates back to the 13th century, with the east end rebuilt in 1909. The church is constructed of flint, partly rendered, and features a plain tiled roof covering the chancel, nave, and a tall west tower. The tower stands on a plinth and has a string course leading to its battlements. It includes a simple chamfered western doorway and lancet windows. The church has 13th-century lancets throughout, along with a 19th-century lancet and a Decorated two-light window in the south nave. The east end is made of knapped flint and has a poorly executed 20th-century east window. There is a 19th-century wooden porch on a flint base, featuring a wave chamfered north doorway.
Inside, the church has a small plain pointed arch leading to the tower, with a similar chancel arch that shows traces of nailhead ornament on the abaci. The roof has three spindly crown posts, while the chancel features a single crown post roof and a north window recess that may have been a blocked doorway or a reading desk recess, containing fragments of medieval glass. The fittings are all from the 19th century, including box pews and a font.
Notable features include a brass memorial set in the north wall of the chancel, dedicated to John Boys, who died in 1543, featuring a fine armorial achievement with an inscription in moulded stone surrounds. There are also monuments to Phineas Andrewes, who died in 1661, with a black and white marble wall plaque designed as an aedicule with Corinthian pilasters and a segmental pediment, and to William Willats, who died in 1867, featuring a white marble wall plaque with a round-headed triptych-like panel depicting scenes from the Voyage of Life. Additionally, there is a stone cross set in the north wall of the nave by the pulpit, with undeciphered lettering and a small marble plaque above it dedicated to Katherine Warly, who died in 1717.
Local climate
Church of St Mary Magdalene receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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