St Nicholas

Flint with rubble stone and re-used tile and plain tiled roof.

Transepts and chancel late C12 in origin, fenestration much restored, only 1 lancet survives in chancel south wall.

Original C14 Decorated mouchette tracery in north chapel.

South transept heavily restored and buttressed 1675, and set with many stones recording names of various benefactors and churchwardens at that date.

4 identical C15 arches, continuous hollowed, double wave surround, and round responds with octagonal bases and capitals.

Chamfered arch to north chapel, and also wall pierced over monuments.

Font: of white marble, with moulded octagonal bowl and stem on square plinth.

Royal Arms of George III in north aisle, and painted stone C17 Royal Arms, draped, over north aisle/north transept arch.

Brasses: Maud Clitherow, c.1435 under central tower

In the chancel: Jane Keriel d.1455.

30.5 inches high with unique (for brasses) horned headdress.

William and Annys Leweis, d.152 5/6, crude figures 1 foot high.

3'6" figures, he ruffed and armoured.

Walter Septvans d.1642 and Jane Septvans, d.1626, 25 inch figures he (son of Christopher) no longer armoured.

Monuments: an outstanding series Sir John de Goshall (attrib.) armoured knight in stone, c.1310, wearing hood, coat of mail, surcoat, leather aillettes, with legs crossed.

Sir John Leverick (attrib.) c.1350, under the remains of a vaulted triple canopy.

The rear of the monument (i.e. in the north chapel) has an integral piscina and open arch.

John de Septvans and Katherine Martin Alabaster figures on Purbeck marble chest tomb, earlier and here re-used.

The figures may have been moved (in C15) from Sittingbourne Church.

Sir Thomas Septvans, d.1617, and wife Bennett, d.1612.

Large alabaster wall monument

Christopher Toldervey, d.1618, similar theme and quality to the last, though in coloured marble with less elaborate surround.

Richard Hougham, d.1601, wall tablet erected 1666, and Mary Lowman, d.1743, with scrolled open segmental pediment and cornucopia.

Other small but interesting plaques to Henry Roberts, d.1718, the Cartwright family , William Brett, d.1769, Dorothea and Thomas St Nicholas, d.1605,

Innocent Nicholas, d.1588.