St Peter And St Paul

C15.

Three light C15 Perp. window over, C12 2 light in upper stage, and C15 2 light belfry opening.

South aisle with diagonal corner buttress, battlemented parapet, C15 Perp. windows and battlemented south porch with water-spouts.

Two offset buttresses and eastern diagonal buttress, with steeply pitched roof, with the top portion only of a restored C13 lancet window, 3 light C16 window

restored C14 "kentish" traceried window with mouchelles and flattened heads.

The north east and south east chapels are on plinths, the chancel,not so, reveals C12 quoins.

1300 cusped Y-tracery, the east window C19 reticuled style, the north east c.

1300 cusped Y-tracery.

North aisle with 3 buttresses and 3 C14 curvilinear windows of 2 lights with mouchettes.

Interior: large C12 tower arch scalloped, with attached shafts.

Chancel roof C19 cusped and panelled ceiling, south-east chapel C15 boarded segmental tunnel-vault, with coved bases concealing hammer-beams.

C15 font, octagonal, with large riased letters on side: DTB, with wrought iron hood attached to pulley system on wall.

TQ8862 : St Peter & St Paul, Borden, Kent - Font

© John Salmon

Hexagonal C17 pulpit.

Monuments: in south east chapel, wall monument to Robert Plot the elder d.

1671, showing St. Michael spearing the Devil, who lies under St. Michaels shield which bears an inscription.

In north aisle: Dr. Robert Plot, d.1696, antiquarian, Oxford don, first secretary of Royal Society.

Brasses to William Fyge, d. c.

1450 and William Fordmell, d.

1521, layman and priest respectively.

Wall painting on north wall of St. Christopher c.

Royal Arms over south door, 1719.