Church of St Clement, Sandwich

Heritage listing

Details SANDWICH 752/1/161 CHURCH STREET ST CLEMENT'S 752/2/161 SANDWICH 07-FEB-07 (South side) CHURCH OF ST CLEMENT I Substantial parish church. Built in latter half of C12. Chancel C13, altered at various stages; N chapel may also be C13; aisles added C14; nave rebuilt and N porch added C15. Restored and altered 1865-70 by Joseph Clarke. MATERIALS: Caen stone tower; mixed wall construction comprising knapped and unknapped flint, ragstone, ironstone, Caen stone, pebbles, brick and tile; stone dressings. Kent peg tile roofs. PLAN: All that remains of the cruciform Norman plan is the central crossing tower with NW stair turret, carried on four arches. Plan is rectangular, comprising three bay nave; N and S aisles; chancel with shallow projection. N chapel (dedicated to St Margaret). Clergy vestry infilling NE angle between sanctuary and chapel. S aisle effectively divided into two by the organ; E end is now a choir vestry. two-storey N porch with stair in SW angle. EXTERIOR: Square Norman tower with three tiers of blind arcading; crenellated parapet added by Clarke. Norman windows to stair turret. Shallow-pitched roof to nave, other roofs steep pitched. Offset buttresses; angle buttresses to W and E ends. Early C19 engravings indicate that much of the fenestration was subsequently altered or replaced by Clarke; virtually all window tracery is Victorian. The W window to the N aisle, and E window to S aisle, which had been partly infilled with smaller windows, were reinstated to their original size; the Early-English style triple-lancets to the chancel however are entirely conjectural and replaced a C15 window. Perpendicular side windows to chancel. Nave clerestorey windows with segmental arches. Gabled porch, upper parts repaired in C16 or C17 brick. Oak-panelled studded

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.