Church Of St Peter is a Grade I listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1959. A Medieval Church.
Church Of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- eternal-barrel-pine
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 August 1959
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Peter was rebuilt around 1400, with a north aisle added circa 1739. It is constructed from coursed rubble stone with some brick dressings, particularly on the tower, while the north aisle is made of red brick laid in English bond. The church features a west tower, a nave with north and south aisles, and a chancel. On the north side of the chancel, there is a square-headed window with a multi-cusped cinquefoil head, which was inserted under the will of Sir Thomas Lawne between 1373 and 1374. High up in the east gable of the chancel, remnants of two small round-headed Norman windows are the only surviving elements of the earlier building.
Inside, the church has three bay nave arcades supported by octagonal piers. The nave features an arch-braced roof with moulded principals on embattled wall-plates, and there is also an arch-braced roof in the south aisle. The chapel in the south aisle has a late 14th-century screen to the west and a 15th-century screen to the north, which was formerly the Ightham Mote pew. There are early 17th-century box pews and panelling behind the altar that was introduced from a dismantled early 17th-century pulpit. The church also contains an early 15th-century octagonal stone pulpit and a double-tier brass chandelier in the nave, dating from 1759.
Notable monuments include one for Sir Thomas Cawne, who died in 1374, featuring a well-preserved figure of a reclining knight in plate armour and mail, set under a cusped and sub-cusped arch with a square hood. Another monument is for Sir William Selby, who died in 1611, which consists of a standing wall monument with two reclining effigies, Corinthian side-columns, a coffered arch, and a top achievement. Additionally, there is a bust of Dorothy Selby, who died in 1641, created by Edward Marshall, displayed in an oval recess with angels on either side holding back curtains, all topped by a broken pediment. A tablet commemorating Benjamin Harrison, a local archaeologist who died in 1921, is located on the north wall.
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