2013

TQ7249 : St Mary's church, Hunton

taken 14 years ago, near to Hunton, Kent, England

St Mary's church, Hunton
St Mary's church, Hunton
The church was locked with no keyholder information.
St Mary's church, Hunton

Grade I listed.

The church dates from the late 11th century onwards, and was restored in 1876 by Ewan Christian.
It is built from ragstone with a plain tiled roof.
There is a west tower, nave, south aisle, south porch, chancel with south Chapel and north vestry.
The west tower dates from the 13th century and has a pyramidal spire with wooden shingles.
The south aisle dates from the 15th century with windows from the same period. There is a three bay arcade with octagonal piers and pointed arches.There is also a 14th century tomb recess in the north wall of the nave.
The south porch is from the early 16th century.
The chancel is 13th century, possibly with late 11th century or early 12th century core. The east window is modern. The north vestry was added in the 19th century.
The roof has octagonal crown posts, the south chancel chapel has an 19th-century roof.
There is a 13th century sedilia in the chancel with an attached pillar piscina in Bethersden marble.
There is an octagonal font.

The church contains several monuments to the Fane family mostly from the 17th century.
There are several grade II listed tombs in the churchyard.


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TQ7249, 63 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Julian P Guffogg   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 2 February, 2013   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 3 February, 2013
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 7241 4975 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:13.2547N 0:28.0499E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 7242 4972
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North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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