Architectural Features
The W part of the nave N arcade is also C13
N aisle rebuilt and the arcade extended to the E in the C15
C15 W tower
S aisle and S arcade are early C16
C16 S porch
Very large 5-light late C15 E window with vertical tracery and super mullions
The C15 N aisle is embattled and has a three light E window with vertical tracery and super mullions, and three 2-light N windows with square heads
The early C16 S aisle has no parapet
The restored early C16 S porch is timber framed on dwarf brick walls and has an outer arch with moulded posts and a four-centred head in a square frame
Carved barge-boards and decorative framing in the gable
The inner doorway also has a good, square surround of the early C16 with tracery spandrels and a contemporary, early C16 door square framing, battens and strap hinges
Three stage W tower of the C15 with a restored, embattled parapet and a small spirelet
W door with a pointed head in a square surround with carved spandrels
INTERIOR: There is no chancel arch, and the chancel roof extends two bays into what is now the nave, where on the N side it is carried on C15 corbelled wall arches to accommodate a change in angle between the chancel and nave
The C13 lancets in the chancel have moulded rere arches on corbels with grotesques, heads and foliage
The western two piers are late C13, and have large, flat moulded capitals and octagonal piers
the eastern bays also have moulded capitals and polygonal piers, but are C15
The 4-bay S arcade is early C16 and has moulded, four-centred arches with octagonal piers and moulded capitals
The W tower arch is C15 and has a continuous, moulded outer order and an inner order on polygonal responds
The chancel has a C15 waggon roof with flat rafters and moulded wall plates that continue two bays into the nave
The nave roof is early C16 and is boarded and panelled with foliate bosses with symbols of the Passion, Tudor roses and other emblems at the intersections of the moulded ribs
The N aisle roof is C15, and has flat-pitched tie beams with curved braces on stone corbels with heads, demi-angels and foliage (q.v. St Martin's, Ruislip). During a restoration in the 1970s, several bosses were replaced with modern motifs, including the emblems of the Scouts, Cubs, Brownies and Mother's Union
The S porch roof is C16 and has wind-braced purlins and a central collar beam
PRINCIPAL FIXTURES: Mid C13 sedilia in the chancel . Three seats of equal height with moulded arches and detached shafts with moulded capitals
Adjacent trefoiled C13 piscina and another in the S aisle
Two panels of C15 screen work are incorporated into the C19 screen under the tower arch
An impressive late C15 wall painting of St Christopher in the N aisle, embellished with detailed touches like a mermaid and an angler, beside the teeming river
C19 encaustic tiles in the chancel
Early C20 carved timber S chapel reredos designed by George Fellowes Prynne, and a painted triptych of 1909 by Charles Fenner Prynne in the N chapel
C19 glass throughout
In the N aisle, a stone altar tomb for Walter Green, d.1456, with traceried front panels and an inset brass
In the S aisle, a brick table tomb with two brasses for Thomas and Elizabeth Higate, d.1576
Also his son, Edward Fenner, d.1615, a Mannerist demi-figure in armour, within a shell niche flanked by pilasters and topped by an achievement of arms
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: C16 lychgate in the churchyard, with moulded, cross braced uprights and moulded brackets to the tie beam and a tiled roof. (separately listed) HISTORY: The church is a peculiar of Canterbury (i.e. subject to the archbishop of Canterbury rather than the diocese of London where it is physically located). There was a priest at Hayes in the archbishop's manor there at the time of the Domesday book in 1086