Church of St Peter and St Paul

The Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade I listed building located in Aylesford. It dates from the 12th to the 15th centuries and was restored in 1878. The church features a west tower, a nave with a south porch, a north aisle with a vestry, a chancel, and a chancel extension to the north aisle. The structure is built of uncoursed ragstone rubble.

The three-stage tower is from the 12th century for the first two stages, which include three original round-headed windows on the west face and four on the north face. The third stage, added in the 15th century, has a string course below and above, topped with a crenellated and coped parapet. The west doorway is a pointed arch with a moulded surround, leading to a boarded and ribbed door. The nave has three windows, with the south porch located between the first and second windows from the left. An embattled octagonal stair-turret for the rood-loft is at the right end. The nave's decorated windows were renewed in 1878. The north aisle, dating from the 14th century, has three original windows on the left. The chancel, from the 15th century, features two windows, while the lower north chancel has two original windows, one of which is blocked.

Inside, there is a five-bay arcade between the nave and the north aisle, dating from the 15th century, with hollow chamfers, shafts, and plain capitals. The tower arch is of similar date. The roofs are timber-braced and trussed, with ashlars on wooden cornices in the nave, north aisle, and chancel.

Most of the fittings are proprietary and date from 1878. Notable monuments include a brass with figures of a knight and lady, commemorating John Cosyngton, who died in 1426, and a tomb chest with recumbent effigies. Another significant monument is a marble aedicule with an arch over a pedestal and urn, flanked by figures and a gadrooned sarcophagus below, featuring a reclining figure, commemorating Sir John Banks, who died in 1699, possibly by John Nost.