Parish Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul is a Grade I listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1967. A Medieval Church.
Parish Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
- WRENN ID
- empty-hearth-jackdaw
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 June 1967
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Parish Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Church Lane, Ash-Cum-Ridley
- OS grid reference
- TQ 601 645
- Coordinates
- 51.35755, 0.29921
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, located in New Ash Green, is a Grade I listed building dating from the 13th to the 15th centuries, with restoration work carried out by Sir T G Jackson between 1901 and 1903. The church is constructed from flint with ragstone and sandstone dressings. The chancel and the west tower date back to the 13th century, while the upper part of the tower and the turret are made of red brick. The church features a three-bay nave and aisles, which are from the 14th century but were restored in 1472, likely when the south aisle was widened. The north aisle boasts a fine Decorated east window with ogee forms and spherical triangles. The south porch, possibly from 1472, includes a stoup. Inside, there is an impressive crown post roof over the nave supported by trefoliated brackets, an early Perpendicular chancel arch, and a Perpendicular font. Notable interior features include a brass of a priest in half-length, a hanging monument to Dr. Maxfield from around 1605, and two tablets commemorating Thomas and Sophia Lambard from 1813, created by John Bacon Junior. Additionally, there is a piscina in the south aisle.
Local climate
Parish Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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