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St Matthew

St Matthew

Warehorne

Kent

C13, with C14 aisles and chancel, tower of 1777 and north porch 1784.

Architectural Features

Aisles with tall plinth with 2 light and 3 light C14 windows with cusped intersecting tracery.

Chancel with square headed late C14 windows with cusped tracery.

The east window of the north aisle appears to incorporate an earlier tracery pattern built into later C14 window (due to restoration at some later date, perhaps).

Interior: C15 tower arch survives

North-western respond with fine carved head.

C20 carved wooden reredos flanked by e.C18 text boards.

pulpit of 1905.

Simple C17 Bethersden marble font.

Screen to tower with simple panels and panelled door with scrolled and pedimented surround to Royal Arms, dated 1708

Fragments of C14 glass (figures) in north and south aisles, and heraldic and floral fragments in chancel.

Patches of painted foliage in south aisle and by font in nave.

Quarry tiles and some old encaustic tiles throughout, and medieval coffin lid in 3 sections by south door.

Memorials: brass plaque in nave to Thomas Jely, d.1438

plain white bolection moulded wall tablet to John Camley, d.1681, and white marble plaque at nave east end to Joseph Hodges and family , with Arms on apron, 2 ball finials and urn over.