We use cookies to improve your experience, some are essential for the operation of this site.

St Peter and Paul, Borden, Kent

Location
(51°20′2″N, 0°42′0″E)
Borden
TQ882629
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Kent
now Kent
  • Toby Huitson
  • Mary Berg
26 September 2012

Please use this link to cite this page - https://www.crsbi.ac.uk/view-item?i=1450.

Find out how to cite the CRSBI website here.

Description

Borden is a village 2 miles SW of Sittingbourne. The church of St Peter and Paul has aisled nave and chancel, a solid W tower and a S porch. Features of interest include the W doorway and the tower arch.

History

Borden is mentioned in the Domesday Monachorum as 'Bordena'.

Features

Exterior Features

Doorways

Interior Features

Arches

Tower/Transept arches
Comments/Opinions

The carving of the W door is rather elaborate, even for a region with no shortage of sculpture, and must have required a considerable amount of work. This suggests that the church probably had a lavish, even ostentatious patronage, which may be the basis for the foundation of the church in 1210 by Robergia de Bourdon, whose husband, Francis de Bourdon, was buried in the churchyard.

Bibliography

S. Glynne, The Churches of Kent, London 1877, 164-5.