St Martin

The tower is probably late C13,

the N transept was added c.1320.

Tile roofs.

EXTERIOR Except for the medieval W tower, the exterior of the church is largely 1864-5 by Alfred Waterhouse , with a clerestory of round openings added in 1991-2.

Embattled 3-stage, tower, C14 remodelled and heightened in the later middle ages.

The N transept has reticulated tracery copying the medieval arrangement and an E door by Waterhouse.

C13 style lancets in chancel N wall by Waterhouse, replacing a different C13 lancet.

E window Perpendicular, copying the medieval original.

3-bay N and S nave arcades of the early C13, with short, round piers and double chamfered arches, partially rebuilt, with a similar arch into the N transept.

There are C13 engaged shafts on either side of the C15-style E window.

The 2-bay chancel arcade has early C13-style piers by Waterhouse, now rebuilt, with a piscina set into the E respond.

The N chapel largely survived the fire and has many good monuments.

Tall C15 tower arch with dying chamfered orders,

above it a late C13 two light window, now internal.

PRINCIPAL FIXTURES Pulpit of 1623 from St Nicholas, Rochester, C19 pews and chancel woodwork by Waterhouse were destroyed in the fire of 1989.

C19 font in an early C13 style with a round bowl on Purbeck marble shafts.

Some fragments of old glass reset in the S transept.

All other glass late C20 including S transept E window by John Hayward and E window by Lawrence Lee.

Very good monuments, including in the tower, an early grave slab with a cross

1613, an almost plain tomb chest

1615, a simple wall tablet.

1649 and wife, reclining alabaster figures, he is dressed as a judge, 1664 by Thomas Stanton.

A revivalist C17-style monument to H. Avray Tipping, d.

Before the Waterhouse restoration, there were C12

early C13 windows in the chancel, and the arcades are C13.

1320 was the private chapel of the lords of Brasted Place until the early C20, and contains many tombs to residents of that house.

Pre-restoration images show a range of windows in the church, mostly late medieval, but including a C17 or C18 dormer in the nave, probably for a former gallery.

The church was damaged during WWII, when it lost most of its glass.

SOURCES Domesday Book, f.4r Lambeth Palace Library ICBS 06430 Newman, J, The Buildings of England: West Kent and the Weald , 171 Newman, N and Smith, C, The Parish Church of St Martin, Brasted: A Short Guide and History REASONS FOR DESIGNATION The church of St Martin, Brasted, is designated at Grade II* for the following principal reasons: * Very good C13 core, surviving despite several restorations. * Excellent exterior, including outstanding

innovative tracery, by Alfred Waterhouse, also largely surviving despite a fire and restoration. * Notable monuments of the C17-C19