St. John the Baptist Churchyard in Harrietsham, Kent

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Harrietsham, Maidstone Borough, Kent ME17 1AR England

Coordinates: 51.24540, 0.68479
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St John the Baptist's Church is a parish church in Marley Road, Harrietsham, Kent dedicated to John the Baptist church is a Grade I listed building. Construction of the church was begun in the late 11th century or in the 12th century and continued in phases until the 15th century. The church is constructed mostly of local rag-stone and has plain tiled roofs. The 14th-century nave is flanked on each side by aisles added in the 15th century. The external walls of both the aisles are rag-stone and flint with pieces of tufa. Both aisles feature a moulded string course below a battlemented parapet with corner gargoyles. Each aisle contains two 15th-century three-lighted arched windows in the long side and a window in the west end, each with hood moulds. Towards the west end of the south aisle is the south porch with three-centred arched internal and external doorways and a crown post roof. On the east corner of the south aisle is a polygonal rood stair turret with a battlemented top.

The church contains a number of monuments, including memorial brasses in the floor of the chancel, the table tomb of William Stede (d. 1574), wall memorials to Sir Edwyn Stede, Lieutenant Governor of Barbados (d. 1695), Constance Stede (d. 1714), Charlotte Baldwin (d. 1788) and William Baldwin (d. 1839). The churchyard contains a number of Grade II listed table tombs and headstones.