All Saints Church, Staplehurst

All Saints Church is a parish church in the village of Staplehurst, Kent, England.[2] It is a Grade I listed building.[1]

All Saints Church,
Staplehurst
All Saints Church, Staplehurst is located in Kent
All Saints Church, Staplehurst
Location within Kent
51.1582°N 0.5531°E / 51.1582; 0.5531
LocationStaplehurst, Kent
CountryEngland
DenominationAnglican
Websiteallsaintsstaplehurst.co.uk
History
StatusParish church
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade I[1]
Designated23 May 1967
CompletedLate 12th century
Administration
ProvinceCanterbury
DioceseCanterbury
ArchdeaconryMaidstone
DeaneryWeald
ParishStaplehurst[2]

Building

The church is situated at the south end of the village, on the east side of the High Street, a Roman Road now designated as the A229.

One of the notable features of the church is the south door, which is thought to date to the 12th century, and displays some very fine early ironwork.[3] The church features a ring of ten bells, the oldest cast in 1605 and the most recent being two cast in 1996, when a new steel frame was installed. The current church clock dates from 1888. Owen Jennings of Cox & Barnard, a stained glass designing and manufacturing firm based in Hove, made six windows for the church in 1952. Those in the north chapel (one single-light and one two-light window) and the north aisle (three two-light windows) have heraldic badges and emblems, and another two-light window in the north aisle has a Nativity scene.[4]

History

It was founded in the 12th century. The church was mainly built in the 12th and 13th centuries, and the West Tower was commenced about 1425.[1]

  • The tower
    The tower
  • Church interior
    Church interior
  • Saxon Door
    Saxon Door
  • The font
    The font
  • Fragments of medieval glass
    Fragments of medieval glass

See also

References
  1. "CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, Staplehurst - 1060713 | Historic England".
  2. "Staplehurst: All Saints".
  3. Tatton-Brown, Tim (1996). "All Saints Church, Staplehurst". kentarchaeology.org.uk. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  4. Eberhard, Robert (September 2011). "Stained Glass Windows at All Saints, Staplehurst, Kent (West)". Stained Glass Records website. Robert Eberhard. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
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