St Mary's Church, Sandwich

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St Mary's Church is a redundant church building of the Anglican Church in the town of Sandwich in Kent, England. The building has been on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest On May 19, 1950 by English Heritage in Grade I; the structure is maintained by the Churches Conservation Trust. The building is on the beach Street at the north end of the city.

History

St Mary's stands on the site of one of Domneva 664-673 justified Convention. This was destroyed by the Danes and rebuilt by Emma of Normandy, wife of Knut the Great. After the Norman Conquest of England, the church was again rebuilt. At that time it consisted of a nave with side aisles to the north and south sides, the chancel, a central steeple and possibly transepts. Around the year 1200 the chancel was rebuilt. The church building was in 1217 and again in 1457 and 1578 damaged by the French by an earthquake. The central church spire collapsed in 1667, causing the arcade was destroyed. The nave was rebuilt, the wide roof covering the nave and the aisle on the south side. A bell tower was built in 1714 above the entrance and in the middle of the 18th century galleries were added. From 1869 to 1874, the building was renewed by Joseph Clarke.

Architecture

The church is assembled from different building materials, especially flint and stone. The roof is tiled. The floor plan consists of a wide nave with an aisle on the north side as well as portals to the north and south sides and the chancel. The southern entrance has bricked the form of a tower with a bottom storey tower of flint, the upper floor with bricks. In addition there is a small bell tower with a pyramidal roof verschindelter.

The north aisle is separated from the nave by an arcade constructed of wood, which was built when the original arcade was destroyed by the collapsing church tower. The polygonal wooden posts standing on the base stones of the earlier arcade. The octagonal baptistery was manufactured in 1662 and his bowl is decorated with four fitting. The pulpit from the 18th century is polygonal and stands on a base of the 19th century. The altar piece is large and consists of a broken pediment on fluted pilasters. It was installed in 1756 and included the former tablets with the Ten Commandments and the Creed, which is now hanging on the north wall. Also on the wall of the church are the Royal Arms of Charles II from the year 1660. Aisle in the Dating back to the 18th century church pew was erected in 1956, which was brought from Gopsall Hall to sandwich. The altar of the nave was formerly in St Mildred 's Church, Canterbury, the main altar dates from the year 1956. Medieval are some niches, a sacrament niche and the tile floors. In the northern wall resulting in a 14th century grave niche is embedded. The monuments include a 1606 resulting wall panel and a 1808 dated wall sculpture by Richard Westmacott. The stained glass windows were made ​​in the 19th and 20th centuries, including in the 19th century by Ward and Hughes and 1933 in the north aisle by Morris & Co.

The perimeter walls of the churchyard were listed as a Grade II building in. The wall on the southern side are gemaucert of stone and flint and was built in Victorian times. The walls on the other three sides during the Middle Ages and in the 17th century and made of stone, flint and brick.

Presence

In 1948 the parish of St Mary's was merged with two other parishes and the church was no longer used. They planned their demolition in 1956, then renovated the building, however, and finally transferred in 1985 to the Churches Conservation Trust. The Sandwich St. Mary's Community Trust was registered in 1997 as a nonprofit organization and is involved with the Friends of St. Mary's in the management of the property, the preservation of equipment and organization of events. The building is used for weddings, concerts, exhibitions and other events and is also known as St. Mary's Arts Centre known. The church is still consecrated and from time to time services are held.