All Saints church, Hollingbourne | |
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Coordinates: 51°15′54″N 0°38′27″E / 51.265109°N 0.640833°E | |
Location | Hollingbourne, Kent |
Country | England |
Denomination | Anglican |
Architecture | |
Status | Parish church |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Grade I |
Designated | 26 April 1968 |
Completed | 14th, 15th, 17th, 19th and 20th centuries |
Administration | |
Deanery | North Downs |
Archdeaconry | Maidstone |
Diocese | Canterbury |
Province | Canterbury |
All Saints Church is a parish church in Hollingbourne, Kent. It was begun in the 14th century and is a Grade I listed building. The church contains numerous monuments to the local Culpeper family.
The church was begun in the 14th century and was altered and extended in the 15th century, in 1638, 1869 and 1903. The church is constructed of flint and ashlar stone work and has plain tiled roofs. It was restored in 1876 by George Gilbert Scott, Jr. and is a Grade I listed building.
The nave is adjoined by aisles on the north and south sides and the chancel has a chapel on its north side and a vestry to its south. The west tower comprises three stages. A moulded string course with gargoyles is topped by a battlemented parapet. Single-light cinquefoil headed windows are located on the first stage above the west doorway and on each side of the second stage. The belfry windows are similar, but two-lighted.
The north aisle is late 14th century and contains three three-lighted traceried windows, the easternmost one with a trefoiled head. The attached porch is constructed of flint with a moulded stone coping, inner and outer doorways, and trefoil-headed windows to the sides. The north aisle and the porch are both buttressed. The north chapel has an ashlar stone plinth and a battlemented parapet. Its east window is three-lighted with a segmental head. The chancel is late 14th century and was probably rebuilt after the earthquake of 1382. The east end contains a three-lighted window with cinquefoil-heads and tracery. The north and south walls of the chancel each contain two-lighted windows.