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St Mary the Virgin, Nonington, Kent

Location
(51°13′31″N, 1°13′31″E)
Nonington
TR 25326 52341
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Kent
now Kent
  • Toby Huitson
  • Mary Berg
  • Toby Huitson
13 Jul 2024

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Feature Sets
Description

Nonington is a village halfway between Canterbury and Dover. The church of St Mary the Virgin has a chancel with a N chapel, and a nave with a S porch and N aisle. The NW tower stands at the W end of the N aisle. Essentially this is a 13thc. building, but there are some sculptured Romanesque fragments.

History

Nonington was not mentioned in the Domesday Survey of 1086. The church was a chapelry of Wingham until 1282.

In 1887 the windows and walls of the NW tower were restored and a vestry created at its base (Kentish Gazette, 3 December 1887, 6). The architect was Ewan Christian.

Features

Interior Features

Arches

Tower/Transept arches

Interior Decoration

Miscellaneous
Comments/Opinions

The fragments may originate from a 12thc. doorway and tympanum.

Bibliography

S. Glynne, The Churches of Kent, London, 1877, 187-8.

Historic England Listed Building no. 1070241. English Heritage Legacy ID: 178014.

Kentish Gazette, 3 December 1887, 6.

J. Newman, The Buildings of England: North-East and East Kent, London, 1969 (2002 edn.), 404.