All Saints Church (Ulcombe)

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The All Saints Church is an Anglican parish church in Ulcombe in the Borough of Maidstone in Kent. Its origins date back to the 12th century, and today the building in Grade I in the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest is registered.

Building

The construction of the church began in the 12th century, were made in the following three centuries, changes in the structure. In the years 1956-63 the building was changed inside and renovated in the 1980s. The construction of the church is mixed masonry and rubble, the roof of the nave and chancel is covered with simple roof tiles.

On the south side of the nave runs in the 13th Century incurred transition, at the eastern end of the north side is a chapel. Other chapels are located north and south of the chancel.

A Window in the 14th century on the left side of the church portal is one on the right side of this 19th century building opposite. The porch itself originated in the 15th century and the inner archway possibly in the 14th century. The wall is reinforced by three buttresses. The chapel on the south side of the chancel was built in the 12th century, and the two windows on the south side with three openings were added in the 19th century. Executed Similarly, the window is on the east side of the chapel.

Tower

Originating from the 15th century three-storey bell-tower sits on a plinth; the tower is fitted above a wall series with gargoyles and a crenellated parapet. A high tower with stairs stands on the southeast corner. The openings on both sides of the belfry on the third floor are formed on the top edge as quatrefoil. On the second floor is located on the three outward facing sides a window opening with quatrefoil at the top edges. The window above the west entrance of the church has three openings and is provided with tracery. On the south side bordered the brick in the 19th century or later rubble stone sacristy, whose half roof is leaning against the ship. In these growing a document emanating from the Middle Ages shifted window is installed; he also has an input from the 19th century and a window on the south side.

Affairs

In the north wall of the nave, two windows, each with two openings and a passage through the gate are inserted in between. The chapel on the north side was the end of the 13th century and, with the end of the 15th or beginning of the 16th century built chapel on the north side of the chancel a continuous facade. The two outer corners of the chapel have diagonally- set buttresses. The east facing window of the chancel has three openings and has a tracery and two to the north window with three openings and one with two openings. In the walls of the chapel of the nave to the north and west are window with three openings. The gable end of the choir to the east is also supported at the outer corners of buttresses. Your southern window dates from the early 14th century and the three openings are set in Bethersden Marble. Also from the 14th century, the window comes to the north. Originally built in the 13th century east window of the choir consists of three separate openings, of which the middle is higher than the other two.

Inside, the nave from the south aisle by a series of pointed arches with three bays of the 13th century is disconnected. These result in rectangular pillars. The arc to the northern chapel is similar to procure. The altar room is separated on each side by two arches of the chapels attached. However, the arches on the south side date from the 13th century, a column of the 12th century. The chancel was built in the 13th century, possibly due to walls from the 12th century. The arch to the tower dates from the 15th century, as the arc between the southern aisle and the chapel on the south side. The shingle roof of the north choir chapel dates from the early 16th century, the rest of the church is covered with tiles of the 19th century.

In the south wall of the south chapel is a Piscina from the 13th century is embedded. The eastern end of the choir has two Armarien. In each western archway in the altar area separates each a richly carved " parclose screen" ( a wooden partition lettnerähnliche ) the choir of the underlying chapels from. The northern of these barriers was made late 15th or early 16th century and is provided in the lower part with a Gothic folded plate. The barrier on the south side was built in the 15th century and shows at the top of seven window -like openings with five pass and including church chairs with three carved Misericordien. The walls are decorated with murals at various points, including a representation of the devil defeating the Archangel Michael, multiple representations of the Crucifixion and the presentation of the Rich Man and Lazarus. The north window of the choir wears a grisaille glass painting, the east window of the north Chrokapelle a stained glass made ​​in honor of the St Leger family.

Inside the church building there are grave slabs and bream by Sir William Maydeston († 1419), Randulph Sentleger († 1470 ) and his wife Anne, Sir Francis Clerke († 1685, MP for the constituency of Rochester ), Francis Clerke († 1691, also MP Rochester ), William Belcher († 1709), Samuel Belcher († 1760), more died 1739-1819 members of the Belcher family, Walter Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde († 1820) and Lady Sarah Wandesforde († 1838). An unlabeled bream is possibly John St Ledger († 1442 ) devoted.

Churchyard

In the churchyard is a Grade II listed on the table grave from the mid-18th century. In addition, several ancient yews are in this cemetery, one of which is supposed to be over 2000 years old.