
Capel
Kent
Church late Medieval or earlier origins, tower of 1765, church described as "lately rebuilt" in 1798 (Hasted), thorough rebuilding of nave and addition of north aisle in 1875 by Robert Medley Fulford of Devon (Church Guide), chancel arch 1885, some alteration of 1967 associated with the beginning of a programme of re-glazing the church with windows designed by Marc Chagall.
The chancel masonry is probably medieval and Pevsner suggests that the sandstone footings of the nave may be the foundations of the medieval church.
The east window was altered in 1967 for the insertion of glass to commemorate Sarah Venetia d'Avigdor Goldsmid.
C19 gabled porch with deep eaves and a peg-tile roof with a coursed sandstone base below a timber structure with glazed cusped lights.
moulded Tudor arched inner doorway with a C19 plank and cover strip door.
Two-stage west tower with a plain parapet and a tile-hung bell-shaped spirelet.
The west face has a recessed C19 or C20 two-leaf door with a Tudor arch and cover strips.
1885 moulded chancel arch with a hoodmould and carved label stops by Wadmore and Baker (Pevsner), springing from engaged shafts with waterleaf capitals and bases.
Communion rail with turned balusters, described by Pevsner as late C17 but perhaps with a later handrail.
The font, in the westernmost bay of the north aisle, is probably C19: octagonal on a stem with a moulded base, the faces of the bowl carved with blind tracery.
The tower preserves original C18 ceiling beams and joists and includes two C19 windows re-sited and now artificially-lit from behind, when the Chagall glass was introduced, one probably by Clayton and Bell of about 1880, the other circa 1860s.
Royal Arms in a nowy-headed frame over the tower arch.
Inscription carved in relief on the chest.
A Purbeck marble matrix is all that survives of a second brass.
The nave has two C18 marble wall monuments, one on either side of the south door.
Stained Glass: a remarkable glazing programme of European importance to the designs of Marc Chagall.
The lower half of the window is blue and shows a girl floating in the sea with mourning figures around.