St Leonard
Badlesmere, Kent
Tucked away down a quiet lane next to a farm, 13th century St Leonard's is tiny and does not look promising at first as it is rendered on the outside.
St Peter's is in a windswept location, in open farmland, with ancient yew trees and a patina of great antiquity.
Molash, Kent
The church used to be a chapelry and as it stands dates from the early 13th century and is a classic rural ‘barn church’ with a chancel and large open nave, and traces of medieval wall paintings.
The nave has a distinctly unusual atmosphere. It is lofty and plain, with much light flooding in from the large south windows.
While there is no chancel arch there is a horizontal beam which carries the Royal Arms of George III. The three crownpost roof is beautifully set off by whitewashed walls which are almost devoid of monuments.
After the nave the chancel is something of an anticlimax, although there are traces of medieval wall paintings on the south wall.
Badlesmere, Kent
Tucked away down a quiet lane next to a farm, 13th century St Leonard's is tiny and does not look promising at first as it is rendered on the outside.
Godmersham, Kent
First mentioned in 1037 by Archbishop Aethelnoth and containing what is debatably the earliest image of St Thomas Becket this fine Norman/Saxon church with Butterfield updates is one of the five Jane Austen churches and sits picturesquely next to the River Stour.
Boughton Aluph, Kent
A medieval church on the Pilgrim's Way.