All Saints Roman Catholic Church is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 2013. Church. 10 related planning applications.
All Saints Roman Catholic Church
- WRENN ID
- south-doorway-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 2013
- Type
- Church
- Address
- All Saints Roman Catholic Church, All Saints (Chapel of Ease to Goudhurst) Roman Catholic Church, Maidstone Road, Horsmonden, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 8DQ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 705 414
- Coordinates
- 51.14693, 0.43639
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
All Saints Roman Catholic Church was built in 1869-70 in the Early English Gothic style by architect Robert Wheeler of Brenchley. The church is constructed of polychrome brickwork in English bond, primarily yellow brick with bands of red and black brick, with red brick details, stone window heads and cills, and a tiled roof.
The plan consists of a three-bay nave, a projecting south porch, a slightly narrower two-bay apsidal-ended chancel, and a north organ chamber and vestry. The west end of the nave features a cinquefoil light above two tall trefoil-headed windows. The north and south sides have paired lancet windows with trefoil heads and leaded lights, separated by buttresses. A penticed porch is situated on the south side. The chancel has six single lancet windows with trefoil heads, and the roof apex is topped with a lead cross finial. The lower north vestry has a triple window with rectangular lights facing east, and a gable end facing north with a two-light window and an arched doorcase with a plank door, panelled on the inside.
Inside, the walls exhibit exposed polychromatic brickwork in English bond, mainly red brick with bands and arched voussoirs highlighted in black brick. The nave roof is barrel-vaulted, with a tiled floor of alternating red and black tiles, and original open-backed pews. A font with a square bowl featuring incised roundels on a cylindrical base with corner colonnettes is located opposite the south door. It has a wooden cover with circular metal decoration and a handle. The canted pulpit has a red brick base with a carved stone top including double panels of black marble and colonnettes of red marble, and is surmounted by a brass lectern. The chancel arch comprises two main orders, supported on short stone and marble columns with stiff-leaf capitals resting on carved stone angel corbels. The elevated chancel has a more elaborate tiled floor, with a band of decorated tiles between the windows, and a panelled and painted ceiling depicting the starry firmament. Ornamental iron railings with a carved wooden handrail enclose the chancel, alongside a double sedilia with trefoil heads divided by a stone and marble colonnette. The chancel windows contain good contemporary stained glass. The organ, built in 1870 by Thomas C Lewis, has a panelled base with trefoil decoration, with two right-hand panels opening to form a door into the vestry.
Local climate
All Saints Roman Catholic Church receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 10 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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