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Saint Mary

Saint Mary

East Farleigh

Kent

Late Cll or C12, C13, C14 and Cl5, restored 1891 by J.L. Pearson.

Architectural Features

Ragstone, with plain tile roof.

West tower: C13, possibly with earlier origins.

C19 west window and three C19 south windows in a late C13 style.

South doorway possibly C15 with cavetto-moulded pointed arch and doubly plain-chamfered jambs, with broach stops and renewed moulded hoodmould.

C19 inner doorway and ribbed medieval inner door.

South chapel: C14.

2-light C15 south window with hoodmould and tracery of vertical bars.

Late C14 or early C15 two-light east window with trefoil- headed lights, encircled quatrefoils and moulded hoodmould.

Chancel: C14 or earlier core.

Broad 3-light east window with moulded medieval jambs and similar tracery.

Pointed cavetto-moulded C15 chancel arch, inner moulding springing from attached semi-circular shafts with moulded semi- octagonal capitals and bases

Pointed doubly plain-chamfered C14 arch between chancel and south chapel, springing from scroll-moulded imposts.

Doubly plain-chamfered C14 pointed arch with renewed base between south chapel and south aisle.

Late C11 or C12 west doorway to nave, possibly re-set or re-worked, visible from base of tower, with chamfered imposts, raised hoodmould and chevron band.

TQ7353 : St Mary, East Farleigh - Font

Octagonal font.

TQ7353 : St Mary, East Farleigh - Font

© John Salmon

Monuments: large C14 tomb recess to south wall of south chapel, with moulded multi- cusped ogee arch with crocket finial.

Decoration: C19 stained glass to east window with scenes from Passion.

South chapel with C19 mottled grey and green-tiled dado, tiled figures of Old Testament women above dado rail, and chequered black-and- white marble floor.