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Holy Cross Church, Bearsted
Holy Cross is a parish church of the Church of England in Bearsted, Kent. Its construction began in the 13th century. Building Construction of the church began in the 13th century and continued in stages during the 14th and 15th centuries. It is built of local rag-stone and the roofs are covered with plain tiles. The nave is flanked by a single Aisle#Architecture, aisle on the north side and entered from a porch on the south side. At the west end of the nave is a square three-storey tower with a crenellation, crenellated parapet, a stair turret on its south-east corner and staggered buttresses on the other three corners. Three stone beasts sit on the corners of the parapet. These are replacements of originals eroded over time, which may have originally represented three wolves from the ancestor of Fludd line Rhirid Flaidd coat of arms. The Arcade (architecture), arcade between the nave and aisle has four bays and was constructed in the 14th century with the two at the east end re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bearsted
Bearsted ( , ) is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish with a railway station in mid-Kent, England, two miles (3.2 km) east of Maidstone town centre. Geography The village was historically concentrated around Church Lane and The Green which includes The Street. The village is on the north bank of the River Len, a tributary of the River Medway at the foot of the North Downs. A stream, the Lilk, flows south into the river Len through Bearsted. Although part of the growing conurbation of Maidstone, the centre of Bearsted retains a traditional village look with 59 listed properties, many surrounding the village green, flanked by two public house, pubs. The parish of Bearsted has a population of 8010 (2001 figure) and is broadly divided into two areas of development. The traditional village of Bearsted with modern development around its conservation areas lies north of the A20 road (England), A20 Ashford Road and the Madginford neighbourhood, largely const ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |