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Church of St Peter

A Grade I Listed Building in Hever, Kent

  • St Peter: from the east; mostly c14; c.1500 window of the Bullen Chapel on the right

  • St Peter: c14 tower; unbuttressed; renewed lancets at top stage, shingled spire

  • St Peter: a view from the west photographed at twilight

  • St Peter: nave with Early English (1292) pillars to the north aisle

  • St Peter: Margaret Cheyne, 1419

  • St Peter: Margaret Cheyne, 1419; supporting angels clad in amice & alb

  • St Peter: inscription in Latin from the brass of Margaret Cheyne, 1419

  • St Peter: tomb of Thomas Bullen, KG, Earl of Wiltshire & Ormond, 1538; canopied niches

  • St Peter: Thomas Bullen, 1538; grandfather of Elizabeth I; wears jewelled coronet, badge on left shoulder, collar of roses & garters

  • St Peter: detail of garter on left knee from the brass of Thomas Bullen, 1538

  • St Peter: William Todde, 1585, schoolmaster & tutor to Waldegrave family, holders of the castle

  • St Peter's Hever

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Entry Name: Church of St Peter

Listing Date: 16 January 1975

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1258341

English Heritage Legacy ID: 444818

ID on this website: 101258341

Location: St Peter's Church, Hever, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN8

County: Kent

District: Sevenoaks

Civil Parish: Hever

Traditional County: Kent

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent

Church of England Parish: Hever St Peter

Church of England Diocese: Rochester

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