2016

TQ5243 : Sidney Chapel

taken 8 years ago, near to Penshurst, Kent, England

This is 1 of 2 images, with title Sidney Chapel in this square
Sidney Chapel
Sidney Chapel
The Sidney Chapel

The chapel’s present design dates from 1822. The ceiling
is painted with the family’s heraldic shields, hung on
sinuous trees. Memorials in the chapel include:

The top half of a recumbent figure in chain mail, Sir Stephen de Penchester (d.1299), first recorded owner of Penshurst Place.
Altar-tomb of Sir William Sidney (1482-1554) to whom King Edward VI gave Penshurst Place in 1552.
A brass to Margaret Sidney, sister of Sir Philip Sidney.
A brass cross to Thomas Bullayen, brother of Anne Boleyn, 2nd wife of Henry VIII.
A wall monument to Robert Sidney, 4th Earl of Leicester (d.1702), his wife and nine of his children who died in infancy.
A marble tomb chest to Philip Sidney, 5th Earl of Leicester.
A brass to Thomas Yden, who died in 1514, his wife Agnes and daughter Joan.
A leger stone to Field Marshall Viscount Gort VC, GCB, CBE, DSO, MVO, MC (d.1946), commander of British Expeditionary Force at Dunkirk 1939.
A wall memorial to Philip Sidney, 1st Viscount de L’Isle VC KG (d.1991), member of Churchill’s post-war Cabinet; 1961 Governor General of Australia.

Church of St John The Baptist, Penshurst

There has been a chapel on this site since Anglo-Saxon times. The earliest record of a Church is 1115, most of the church is C13-C15.
Rebuilt by Sir George Gilbert Scott 1864 - 5.
Grade I listed. LinkExternal link


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TQ5243, 791 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 14 June, 2016   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 10 November, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 5272 4385 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:10.4101N 0:10.9960E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 5272 4385
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