Description

HIGH STREET,
1.
4407
CHISELHURST
Parish Church.
The Annunciation of
Blessed Virgin Mary.
TQ 47 SW 6/73
B

the grade shall be amended to Grade II* (star) and the description shall be amended to read
as follows:

Church. 1868-70 by James Brooks. Ragstone with ashlar
dressings, slate roof. Rectangular plan of tall, four-bay nave
with clerestorey and small, lean-to side aisles; chancel
expressed externally with lower roof, bellcote at south-east
corner; Lady chapel, and vestry with prominent chimney. Gothic
Revival style with singular flying buttress at north-east
corner. Plate tracery to most windows of circle over two
lancets. Large 'wheel' window in west gable with plate
tracery, whilst the east window has five lancet lights, with
three roundels above and bar tracery. Churchyard walls also of
ragstone with ashlar dressings.
INTERIOR. Nave has high timber roof with pierced ties.
Four-bay arcade with pointed arches delineated by moulded
strings above. Squat piers, round on south arcade and square
on north arcade with square carved vine-leaf capitals.
Octagonal font of pink and green marble on stone base with
flat, carved wooden cover. Pulpit of carved wood on base of
pink marble and stone. Original radiators and draft lobby
screens at west end of nave.
Chancel is richly decorated. Reredos of 1877 by Brooks,
executed by Westlake, has gabled centre flanked by tiers of
roundels. Base of chancel screen also by Brooks, 1877, with
figures of the apostles by Westlake. Remainder, including
rood, added in 1928. Wall paintings of 1882 and 1892 by
Westlake. Mosaic over chancel arch designed by Westlake and
made by Salviati in 1890.
Stained glass in east and west windows, 1870 by Hardman to
Brooks's design. Original Gothic Revival carved wood pews;
patterned encaustic tile pavement, Ornate wrought-iron screen
to Lady Chapel designed by Brooks.

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HIGH STREET, CHISLEHURST
1.
4407
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Parish Church.
The Annunciation of
Blessed Virgin Mary
TQ 47 SW 6/73

B

2.
1870. Architect James Brooks. Detached tower of Norman shape. Nave
and chancel of ragstone. Nave of 4 bays. Squat capitals with vine leaf
moulding. Slate roof.

Listing NGR: TQ4383970931

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17542068

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