Ruins Of Midley Church

The ruins of Midley Church are the remains of a medieval parish church, likely dating from the 15th century. The structure features thin coursed buff bricks mixed with single courses of uneven slabs of stone and flint, with a predominantly stone upper section above the level of the doorway. The gable, probably at the west end, has stumps of walls on either side of the doorway to the west, along with remnants of the north and south return walls to the east. There is a window opening with stone dressings and splayed jambs to the east, which retains the remains of a possibly 4-centred arched hollow-chamfered head. Below this, the doorway has stone dressings to the east, unsplayed jambs, and remains of a plain-chamfered, possibly 4-centred arched head featuring upended brick voussoirs. Above the centre of the window in the gable, there is a stone corbel carved with a rounded head. Midley was once a separate parish but became part of Old Romney in 1934. The church had fallen into disrepair by 1573, and the bricks used in its construction are noted to be early and unusual.