Church of St Peter and St Paul

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TQ 65 NE 7/201

LEYBOURNE CP CASTLE WAY Church of St Peter and St Paul

(Formerly listed as Church of St Peter and St Paul, MALLING ROAD)

25.8.59

II* Church. C12, c1533, restored 1873-77 by Sir A Blomfield. West tower, nave, separate chancel, north aisle and chapel. Random rubble, tiled roofs. Tower: four stages, separated by bands, a re-casing of 1873-77. Embattled with inset machiocolations, and prominent water-spouts at corner. Two-light neo-Norman belfry openings, tall slits on two stages below and curvilinear west window. Nave: two bays with one C12 window to south. Chancel: one bay. North aisle and chapel: three two-light windows with square-headed surrounds.

Interior: north arcade, C14 octagonal piers and double-chamfered arches. Chancel arch, double-chamfered, originally from north arcade. Fittings: Heart Shrine: traditionally that of Sir Roger de Laybourne, d.1271. Double arched recess in single arch. Two free-standing gabled caskets with geometrical patterning. Two wrought-iron crowns. Monument, Louisa Brockman, d.1837, by J S Westmacott, 1866. Tablet flanked by relief figures.

Listing NGR: TQ6858258935