St Margaret's Church is a parish church in the village of
Horsmonden
Horsmonden ( ) is a village in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England. The village is located in the Weald of Kent. It is situated on a road leading from Maidstone to Lamberhurst, three miles north of the latter place. The nearest railw ...
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Kent
Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...
, England.
It is a Grade I listed building.
Building
St Margaret's Church is set in a farmyard, some distance from Horsmonden.
The building is constructed of sandstone and roofed in Welsh slate, which replaced a former roof of clay tiles in the late 19th century. During the 18th century the roof was covered in wooden shingles.
History
The building of the current church was started around 1260, on the site of a former Norman building which dated back to around 1100. Henry de Grofhurst, rector from 1311 until his death in 1361, was mostly responsible for building St Margaret's Church.
He is memorialised in a
monumental brass
A monumental brass is a type of engraved church monument, sepulchral memorial once found through Western Europe, which in the 13th century began to partially take the place of three-dimensional church monument, monuments and effigy, effigies carve ...
in the centre of the chancel.
Burials and memorials
On the south wall is a memorial bust to the 19th century inventor, John Read, responsible for the round oast-house, the stomach pump and a tobacco enema.
Gallery
St Margaret, Horsmonden, interior.JPG, The church interior
West Window, St Margaret's church, Horsmonden (15687940810).jpg, West window, depicting Christ in majesty
East window, St Margaret's church, Horsmonden (15873267641).jpg, East window, depicting the cruxificion
Brass to Henry de Grofhurst, St Margaret's church, Horsmonden (15688048650).jpg, A brass in memory of Henry de Grofhurst
See also
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Horsmonden
Horsmonden ( ) is a village in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England. The village is located in the Weald of Kent. It is situated on a road leading from Maidstone to Lamberhurst, three miles north of the latter place. The nearest railw ...
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List of churches in Kent
This is a list of churches in Kent, a county in South East England, South East Region of England. There is a mixture of Christian denominations.
East Kent
*Ashford,_Kent, Ashford - St Teresa's Roman Catholic Church
*Ashford,_Kent, Ashford (So ...
References
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Church of England church buildings in Kent
Grade I listed churches in Kent
Grade I listed buildings in Kent