Church micro # 2005 St Mary's Church, Eastwell, Traditional Geocache
Church micro # 2005 St Mary's Church, Eastwell,
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St Mary's Church, Eastwell,
A former Anglican parish church in the hamlet of Eastwell, Kent, It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building,And has been under the care of the charity, the Friends of Friendless Churches, since 1980. The charity holds the freehold with effect from 20 March 1980. The ruins are a Scheduled Monument.
In 1951 the roof of the nave collapsed, and the remaining shell of the church was demolished in 1956, leaving only the footings, the tower, and the 19th-century mortuary chapel.
All that now remains are the tower and the wall of the south aisle, dating from the 15th century, and a mortuary chapel from the 19th century. The ruins of the tower and aisle wall are constructed in flint and plaster with stone quoins. The tower is supported by three-stage buttresses and it has a doorway with a string course above. In the tower is a two-light Perpendicular window. The bell openings date from the 18th century and they also have two lights. The summit of the tower is battlemented. On the lower stage of the tower is a mutilated consecration cross in knapped flint.The blocked arch to the former nave has octagonal piers. In the aisle wall are two two-light windows. The chapel is constructed in chalk with a tiled roof. It has lancet windows and its interior is vaulted.
In the churchyard is a memorial to Richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell).
If anybody would like to expand to this series please do, I would just ask that you could let Sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication.
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