Description

TILMANSTONE WALDERSHARE
TR 24 NE

6/135 Church of
11.10.63 All Saints

GV II*

Parish church, now redundant. C12 in origin, with mortuary chapels added
C.1697 and C.1712. Main body of church restored and virtually rebuilt 1886
by Ewan Christian, and 1902. Flint and rubble, with red brick chapels, in
English bond on south, with slate roof and tiled chapel roofs. Chancel
with chapels and nave with south porch. Lancet fenestration throughout
main body of church only 1 in south chancel of C12 origin with C15 style
2 light windows in chapels and 1 in north nave wall, possibly original.
Double buttressed west front with bell gable, the bell re-hung on nave
south wall. Gabled south porch. Interior: little architectural expression;
double chamfered chancel arch, queen strut roof. Chancel with arches to
north and south chapels, and remains of genuine C12 and C13 window surrounds.
Chapels with wooden barrel roofs, that to south with additional crown-posts.
Fittings: piscinas in nave and chancel, mutilated. Painted and mosaic
reredos with marble triptych, arcaded altar tables and C17 pierced
wooden rail with raised and fielded side pieces and pilastered principal
posts. Poor C19 screens to side chapels. Two hatchments in north chapel,
1 in south chapel, and tilting helms in each, with pair of gloves in north
chapel. Monuments. In the South Chapel: Sir Edward Monins, d.1602, and
family, erected before 1642. Black and white marble wall plaque, with
inscription on oval plaque wreathed with palms, with Corinthian columns
supporting an interrupted segmental pediment with enriched bracketed sides
and bracketed apron. The Hon. Peregrine and Susan Bertie, c.1697. Railed
enclosure with twisted principals with spear finials, enclosing tomb chest
with swagged side pieces with funerary symbols and achievements. Draped
panels with Cherubim. Peregrine and Susan recline uncomfortably with hands
clasped and legs crossed on the tomb. As Hasted remarked, the figures are
"made all out of proportion and conspicuously absurd." The inscription
hints at "barbarous and horrid murder." North Chapel: Sir Henry Furnese,
d.1712. By Thomas Green of Camberwell (and signed), one of the outstanding
statuaries of his time (Gunnis, p.179). This free standing monument of 4
kinds of marble fills the entire chapel. Square base with 4 life-size
mourning women seated on chairs and inscriptions on each side. Raised
centre on cross-plan, with 4 putti on pedestals holding torches and
funerary sheets, the side panels with elaborate cartouches of arms. Top
stage of urn on 4 large volutes enriched with cherubs'heads and acanthus
leaves, with torch finial. Outstanding. (See BOE, Kent, II, 1983, pp.
486-7; see also R. Gunnis, Dictionary of British Sculptors, 1660-1851,
p.179; see also Hasted, X, pp. 59-60).

Listing NGR: TR2903948084

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• All Saints Church, Waldershare at Wikipedia
• All Saints Church, Waldershare official website
• Wikidata Q4729536

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