Where is Holy Cross Church, Bearsted?

Holy Cross Church, Bearsted is in Kent, London, United Kingdom (postcode ME14 4EE), in the parish of Bearsted.

How do I get to Holy Cross Church, Bearsted?

The nearest railway station is Bearsted, about 0.7 km away. Drivers can use postcode ME14 4EE.

Is Holy Cross Church, Bearsted a listed building?

Holy Cross Church, Bearsted is officially recognised as Grade I listed building listed.

Is Holy Cross Church, Bearsted a protected site?

Yes — Holy Cross Church, Bearsted is part of the Kent Downs National Landscape (AONB).

Is Holy Cross Church, Bearsted free to visit?

Yes, Holy Cross Church, Bearsted is free to enter.

How do I get to Holy Cross Church, Bearsted?

The nearest railway station is Bearsted, about 0.7 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode ME14 4EE.

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Holy Cross Church, Bearsted — Grade I listed church in Bearsted, Kent, England, UK.

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Plan your visit

Typical visit: 30 min–1 h
Nearest railway station: Bearsted · 0.7 km

Free entry

Getting there & planning your visit

To visit Holy Cross Church in Bearsted, you can take a train to Bearsted station, which is 0.7 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is ME14 4EE. Entry to the church is free.

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Holy Cross Church, Bearsted is a historic church in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1201. Heritage designation: Grade I listed building. Affiliated with Anglicanism. Wikidata describes it as: "Grade I listed church in Bearsted, Kent, England, UK". Coordinates: 51.2703°, 0.5805°.

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Heritage listing

Holy Cross is a parish church of the Church of England in Bearsted, Kent. Its construction began in the 13th century.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.

Protected designations

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Kent Downs

Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.

From the Wikipedia article

Holy Cross is a parish church of the Church of England in Bearsted, Kent. Its construction began in the 13th century.

Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.

Background

Architecture

Construction of the church began in the 13th century and continued in stages during the 14th and 15th centuries. It is built of local rag-stone and the roofs are covered with plain tiles. The nave is flanked by a single aisle on the north side and entered from a porch on the south side. At the west end of the nave is a square three-storey tower with a crenellated parapet, a stair turret on its south-east corner and staggered buttresses on the other three corners. Three stone beasts sit on the corners of the parapet. These are replacements of originals eroded over time, which may have originally represented three wolves from the ancestor of Fludd line Rhirid Flaidd coat of arms. The arcade…

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Coordinates: 51.2703, 0.5805
County: Kent
District: Maidstone
Parish: Bearsted
Postcode: ME14 4EE
Parliamentary constituency: Faversham and Mid Kent
Established: 1201
Nearest railway station: Bearsted — 0.7 km
Official site: www.holycrosschurch.co.uk

Sources

wikidata: Q12053115 (CC0)
wikipedia: Holy Cross Church, Bearsted (CC BY-SA 4.0)
commons: Holy Cross, Bearsted, Kent - geograph.org.uk - 325331.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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