Church of St Mildred

Heritage listing

Details 856/11/185 ST MILDRED'S CHURCH LANE Church of St Mildred (Formerly listed as: CHURCH LANE, ST MILDRED'S, CHURCH OF ST MILDRED WITH ST MARY IN CASTRO) 03-DEC-1949 GV I Parish Church. DATE: south wall and part of west wall of nave, along with a small section of the south wall of the chancel are visibly Saxon and the shell of the nave and probably the whole of the chancel are of this date. C13 north east chapel; C14 south windows to nave; C15 north aisle; 1512 south east chapel. In 1861 Butterfield restored the church and the west gallery with organ was replaced on the north side of the choir. A north porch was added in 1900. There was a 1920s restoration and also restoration following a 1973 fire. MATERIALS: mostly flint with tiled roofs and freestone dressings of Kentish ragstone and Caen stone, with evidence of former render on the north side. The Saxon walling is a mixture of flint, tile and stone with very large quoins. The south east chapel is chequered flint and freestone; the gable of the north aisle is rebuilt in brick. PLAN: five bay nave, two bay chancel, north aisle, the east end of the aisle and north east chapel refurbished as vestries and church room following a late 1970s fire; north east vestry roofed at right angles to the chapel; south east chapel; north porch. North tower demolished in 1836. EXTERIOR: the north side has five renewed lancets, two of which originally lit the north tower built over the aisle, and a C19 gabled porch. The west end of the aisle is Perpendicular with a stringcourse, brick gable and two-light C19 west window with west doorway below. The north west quoins of the nave are concealed by a buttress. The north east vestry also has a stringcourse and a timber-framed north gable, depressed segmental arched doorway on the west s

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.