Grade I Heritage Walk: Walking to Church Of St Mary from The King’s Head — 2.7-Mile Circular via Wye with Hinxhill
Church Of St Mary — a Grade I listed building 2.7 miles from The King's Head, Wye.
Church Of St Mary is a red brick in Wye with Hinxhill, 2.7 miles from The King’s Head. The NHLE entry singles out its broach spire. Historic England listed it in 1957.
Walking to Church Of St Mary — 2.7 miles from Wye
Rated Moderate at 2.7 miles with about 80m of ascent. Allow around 106 minutes at a steady 3 mph pace; add 15–20 minutes for photographs at the building and a pause at a viewpoint.
Why Church Of St Mary is Grade I listed — the 1957 designation
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- Grade:
- I
- Listed:
- 1957
- Parish:
- Wye with Hinxhill
- District:
- Ashford
- Statutory address:
- Church Of St Mary
- NHLE entry:
- 1275459 ↗
TR 04 SW WYE HINXHILL 3/268 Church of 27.11.57 St Mary (formerly listed under the parish of Hinxhill) GV I Parish church. C13, C14 north chapel and aisle spire rebuilt 1797 general restoration 1881. Ragstone with red brick porch and buttresses. Plain tiled roof and shingled spire. Chancel with north chapel, nave and north aisle, western tower and south porch. Single stage tower with large offset diagonal buttresses, and with broach spire. Shallow roll mould to west door. Irregularly bonded C17 brick south porch (now vestry). Perpendicular fenestration to nave (some C19 restoration) and ogee headed C14 windows to chancel, chapel and north aisle, with lancet windows to east and west ends of both chancel and aisle/chapel (re-used from C13). Interior: simple C12 tower arch on imposts. Three bay north arcade with round piers and octagonal capitals and octagonal responds. Restored tie- beam roof and lean-to roof to aisle. Wooden chancel arch/screen erected (and dated) 1637, with enriched bowed arched braces and traceried upper section. Wooden arches to north aisle/north chapel in similar vein but of c.1881. Chancel with roof of 2 crown posts. Fittings: C13 sedile and trecusped piscina in chancel and ogee headed piscina or aumbrey in north chapel east wall. C19 altar rail reredos font and lecturn. C16 Perpendicular panelling used as wainscotting in chancel and incorporated into reading desk and pulpit (n.b. benches dated 1834). Fragment of C17 painted glass in vestry. Brass inscription in nave to Robert Gateley, d.1514. Monument: Robert Edolph, erected 1632. Large standing alabaster monument. Black Corinthian columns support a broken segmental pediment with 3 arms cartouches over lifesize figures of Edolph and his Lady kneeling at a prayer desk with double arcaded background. Paired skulls below to either side of inscription and verses. Charity board in tower, with cornice on pilasters, recording the gifts of Martha Wade, 1825. (See B.O.E. Kent II, 1983, 352). Listing NGR: TR0543142993
Listing metadata — from the National Heritage List for England
- NHLE entry number:
- 1275459
- Heritage Category / Grade:
- Listed Building, Grade I
- First listed:
- 1957
- Capture scale:
- 1:2500
- Grid reference (NGR):
- TR 04861 42619
- BNG Easting / Northing:
- 604,861 E / 142,620 N
- Coordinates (WGS84):
- 51.146167°N, 0.927562°E
- Parish:
- Wye with Hinxhill
- District:
- Ashford
- Kent Downs landscape zone:
- Brook and the Spring-Line Villages
- Distance to North Downs Way:
- 2.50 miles
- Distance from The King's Head:
- 2.66 miles
- Walk duration (round trip):
- 106 minutes
- Elevation gain:
- 80 m
- Difficulty rating:
- Moderate
Architectural features at Church Of St Mary
Keywords extracted from Historic England’s Official List Entry — each one is genuinely in the designation prose, not inferred.
The only Grade I walk in Wye with Hinxhill
Buildings listed in the 1950s near Wye
| Listing | Grade | Parish | Distance from Wye | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walking to Wye Bridge from The King’s Head — 0.4-Mile Easy Stroll via North Downs Way | Grade II* | Wye with Hinxhill | 0.4 miles | 1952 |
| Walking to Spring Grove And Walled Garden Attached from The King’s Head — 0.8-Mile Easy Stroll via North Downs Way | Grade II* | Wye with Hinxhill | 0.8 miles | 1952 |
| Grade I Heritage Walk: Walking to Church Of All Saints from The King’s Head — 1.6-Mile Easy Stroll via North Downs Way | Grade I | Boughton Aluph | 1.6 miles | 1957 |
| Walking to Boughton Court from The King’s Head — 1.6-Mile Easy Stroll via North Downs Way | Grade II* | Boughton Aluph | 1.6 miles | 1952 |
| Grade I Heritage Walk: Walking to Church Of St Mary from The King’s Head — 1.7-Mile Easy Stroll via Brook | Grade I | Brook | 1.7 miles | 1957 |
The landscape around Church Of St Mary — Brook and the Spring-Line Villages
South of the North Downs escarpment, the land around Brook and the adjacent parishes is a quiet band of spring-line settlement where chalk meets gault clay. The villages grew where water came to the surface, and each church in this belt — many Grade I listed and of Norman or earlier origin — occupies one of those spring-heads. Between them the land is a patchwork of sheep pasture, small fields of winter cereals, and hedgerow-enclosed paddocks of yew, hawthorn and blackthorn. The combination of intact medieval churches, surviving ancient hedgerows, and the dramatic backdrop of the downs above is a landscape character that has scarcely changed in 400 years.
Pubs within 3 miles of Church Of St Mary
| Pub | Distance from route | Address | Postcode | Authority |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Honest Miller open_in_new | 1.1 miles | Brook, Ashford, TN25 5PF | TN25 5PF | Ashford |
| The Tickled Trout open_in_new | 2.6 miles | Upper Bridge Street, Wye, TN25 5EA | TN25 5EA | Ashford |
| The King's Head open_in_new | 2.7 miles | Bridge Street, Wye, TN25 5EA | TN25 5EA | Ashford |
Plan your visit
Every walk on this site starts and finishes at The King’s Head — Bridge Street, Wye, TN25 5EA.
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