Parish Church of All Saints

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All Saints Church is a parish church in Brenchley, Kent, England. It is a Grade I listed building. It is dedicated to All Saints.

Building: A Chapel in Brenchley was attached to the parish church of Yalding about 1170. It was granted by De Clare, Earl of Hereford and Gloucester, who lived in Tonbridge Castle. The church was built in 1233 in the Early English style. It is of local sandstone and there is a tradition that the material for it was quarried at Pixot Hill nearby. The church consists of chancel, nave, north and south aisles and a west tower, of three stages with a battlemented parapet and heavily buttressed, all are 13th C except the rebuilt chancel. The nave has clerestory windows. Entrance is via the north door. There is some evidence of pre-13th century masonry. The porch is 14th C. as is the nave roof with 15th-century alterations. The nave has four-bayed north and south aisles, the arcades are 13th century with round piers. The chancel and nave are unusually wide. There are also north and south transepts. The north transept may be an old addition to the church. The Chapel may have been intended for the use as a repository for memorials of the Roberts family. Near...