All Saints Church, Staplehurst

All Saints Church, Staplehurst
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	Church Website
History
Founded	Late 12th century

Church interior.

Saxon Door.

All Saints' Church, Staplehurst is the Anglican parish church in the village of Staplehurst, Kent, England. It was founded in the 12th century and was enlarged during the 13th to 15th centuries. The church is situated at the south end of the village, on the east side of the High Street, a Roman Road now designated as the A229.

The church was mainly built in the 12th and 13th centuries, and the West Tower was commenced about 1425. It is a Grade I listed building.^[1] One of the notable features of the church is the south door, which has been dated to around 1050 and displays some very fine early ironwork.^{[citation needed]} The church features a ring of ten bells, the oldest cast in 1605 and the most recent being two cast in 1996, when a new steel frame was installed. The current church clock dates from 1888. Owen Jennings of Cox & Barnard, a stained glass designing and manufacturing firm based in Hove, made six windows for the church in 1952. Those in the north chapel (one single-light and one two-light window) and the north aisle (three two-light windows) have heraldic badges and emblems, and another two-light window in the north aisle has a Nativity scene.^[2]

The Rector is the Rev. Gill Calver.

See also

• Grade I listed buildings in Maidstone

References

1. ^ Church of All Saints (1060713). National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
2. ^ Eberhard, Robert (September 2011). "Stained Glass Windows at All Saints, Staplehurst, Kent (West)". Stained Glass Records website. Robert Eberhard. http://www.stainedglassrecords.org.uk/Ch.asp?ChId=11707. Retrieved 25 September 2011. 

External links

• Official website

Coordinates: 51°09′30″N 0°33′10″E / 51.1582°N 0.5529°E / 51.1582; 0.5529