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St Bartholomew's Church, Goodnestone 
St Bartholomew's Church, Goodnestone, from the southeastLocation in Kent
St Bartholomew's Church, GoodnestoneCoordinates: 51°19′00″N 0°55′56″E / 51.3166°N 0.9322°E OS grid reference TR 044 616 Location Goodnestone, Kent Country England Denomination Anglican Website Churches Conservation Trust History Dedication Saint Bartholomew Architecture Functional status Redundant Heritage designation Grade I Designated 24 January 1967 Architectural type Church Style Norman, Gothic Specifications Materials Flint, tiled roof St Bartholomew's Church, Goodnestone, is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Goodnestone, Kent, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building,[1] and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2] The village is some 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Faversham, to the west of the A299 road.[2][3]
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History
St Bartholomew's is a Norman church built in the 12th century.[1][2] Alterations and additions were made in the 14th and 15th centuries.[1] The porch was rebuilt in 1837 after it had been damaged by an earth tremor.[2] In 1876 the church was restored at a cost of £400 (£30,000 as of 2011).[1][4] The church was declared redundant on 1 June 1985, and was vested in the Churches Conservation Trust on 14 November 1996.[5] In 1997 extensive repairs were undertaken.[6] The church is open daily to visitors.[2]
Architecture
The church is constructed in flint with a tiled roof. Its plan is simple, consisting of a nave with a north porch, and a chancel. On the west gable is a wooden bellcote. In the north and south wall are lancet windows, otherwise the windows are Perpendicular in style. The west window has three lights and the east window has two. The stained glass in the east window is by Thomas Willement, and it is possible that the glass in the west window is by the same designer. The chancel arch dates from the 14th century. In the chancel is a combined piscina and sedilia. In the nave is another piscina and a rood stair. The north wall of the chancel contains a tomb recess.[1] The font is small and dates from the 19th century.[2]
External features
In the churchyard is a chest tomb dating from the early 19th century that has been listed Grade II.[7]
See also
- List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in South East England
References
- ^ a b c d e "Church of St Bartholomew, Goodnestone", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1069144, retrieved 18 April 2011
- ^ a b c d e f St Bartholemew's Church, Goodnestone, Kent, Churches Conservation Trust, http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurches/St-Bartholemews-Church-Goodnestone-Kent/, retrieved 3 April 2011
- ^ Goodnestone, Streetmap, http://streetmap.co.uk/grid/604309_161638_120, retrieved 3 April 2011
- ^ UK CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Lawrence H. Officer (2010) "What Were the UK Earnings and Prices Then?" MeasuringWorth.
- ^ (PDF) Diocese of Canterbury: All Schemes, Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2011, p. 2, http://www.churchofengland.org/media/810388/canterbury%20-%20all%20schemes.pdf, retrieved 3 April 2011
- ^ (PDF) Kent Churches: Goodneston (Faversham) — St. Batholomews, Kent Family History Society, http://www.kfhs.org.uk/pdf/goodfav2.pdf, retrieved 3 April 2011
- ^ "Chest tomb to Stone family about 5 metres south of Church of St Batholomew, Goodnestone", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1069145, retrieved 18 April 2011
Categories:- Grade I listed buildings in Kent
- Grade I listed churches
- Church of England churches in Kent
- Norman architecture
- English Gothic architecture
- Churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust
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