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St Mary

St Mary

Chilham

Kent

C14 transepts, C15 nave, west tower 1534, chancel of 1863 by David Brandon.

Architectural Features

Tower west wall in alternate blocks of flints and tiles.

Plain tile roof.

South-west and north west windows both C15 Perp. two-light with 4 lights over and drip mould.

West window C14 2-light with spherical triangle in apex, south window C14 3-light y-traceried, east window 3 light, C16? Canted four-centred arch with drip mould, no tracery.

North transept with C19 dec. style 2 light east window, C19 cusped 'y'-traceried 31ight north window, and C14 west window, of two lights with hollow-sided hexagon at head.

North aisle with 3 C15 Perp.

3 Clerestory windows to north and south, all C15 Perp.

South door C19 plank door in C15 archway, double hollow chamfer and roll moulding in square-headed frame with quatrefoils in spandrels.

4 bay C15 nave, arcade of octagonal piers, moulded bases and caps, double hollow chamfered arches.

Corbels carved as angels, kings and beasts support roof posts.

Monuments: the chief interest of the church.

Free- standing altar and tryptich, female figures in pinnacled niches left and right.

On south wall, to Frederick Lacy Dick, assasinated 1847, by E. Gaffin, Regent St., white marble slab on scalloped scrolls, surmounted by pensive mourning figure and sarcophagus.

South chancel: on south wall, to unnamed member of Fogge family 1626.

Free standing monument to Mary Kemp, Lady Digges, d.

Nicholas Stone,11 foot (black) marble column with urn, on plinth, with 4 seated female figures on pedestals at each corner - representing Justice, Prudence, Temperance and Fortitude.

1816, "the famous wildman monument by Chantrey" Free standing.

Free standing monument to Arthur and Edmund Hardy d.

1619, sister to Dudley Digges.

All enriched with damasque work, generally similar to 'Foggys' monument in south-east chancel.

Glass: Mid C15 glass in north aisle window of figures and heraldry.

In north and south transepts and chancels, memorial windows of Hardy family to fallen of World War I, by W.T. Tower Coats of Arms: dated 1712 over south door with pediment and scrolls, and C18 lozenge on tower south wall.