List entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: CHURCH OF SAINT MARTIN
List entry Number: 1217157
Location
CHURCH OF SAINT MARTIN, HIGH STREET
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
| County |
District |
District Type |
Parish |
| Kent | Sevenoaks | District Authority | Eynsford |
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: I
Date first listed: 01-Jun-1967
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 411942
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List entry Description
Summary of Building
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
EYNSFORD HIGH STREET
1.
5280
(south-east side)
TQ 5465 12/39 1.6.67 Church of St Martin
I
2.
C12, C13, C14 and C16. Built of flint with stone dressings. Tiled roof. Nave
with south chapel or transept and north aisle, Apsidal-ended Chancel and west
tower with inset broached shingled spire and Galilee Porch to the west of the
tower. The reset west doorway is mid C12 with zig zags or spirals around the
arch and side columns, scallop capitals and a diapered tympanum. The south wall
of the Chancel has 2 Norman windows. Two blocked north arches to the Chancel
with C13 mouldings. The tower arch is C13, altered in C15. C14 chancel arch.
C16 north aisle with cross gables. The chancel has a roof with embattled beams.
Trefoiled double piscina to apse. Perpendicular font. Above the west porch
is the Coat of Arms of George III.
Within the porch are 2 Mediaeval stone coffins.
Listing NGR: TQ5404865470
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National Grid Reference: TQ 54048 65467
Map
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