Nominal: 741 Hz Weight: 1527 lbs Diameter: 44" Bell 1 of 6
Founded by Thomas II Palmer 1676
Dove Bell ID: 1327 Tower ID: 10102 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: quarter Cracked: No
Canterbury: St Dunstan
Diocese of Canterbury
Church, 606045
https://www.dunstanmildredpeter.org.ukOverview
Grid reference: TR 142 583
Flint and stone rubble with stone dressings; SE chapel C16 red brick. Tiled roofs. Chancel with SE chapel, nave with S aisle and SW tower, N porch, NW chapel.
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Church open to visitors every day between 10:00am to 5:00pm Bell ringing Live music and concerts Regular choir Guided tours and guidebook available Wheelchair access ramp and accessible toilets available Visitor toilets, baby changing facilities and parking available Assistance dogs welcome
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 404 m²
Exterior Description
There is good massing at the West end, descending from the tall South West tower across the nave roof to the North West chapel. The C14 tower has an embattled parapet, the lower three stages undivided and with a single, small C14 window with a square head on each face. The bell stage has two-light C14 cusped openings, also with square heads. There is a short, round stair turret on the South side. The West end of the nave has a large C15 West window and below it a C15 West door with blind tracery in the spandrels. The door is flanked by two C13 lancets, presumably reset, as they are in an odd position. The very large quoin stones in the North West corner of the nave survive from the late C11 or early C12 nave. The C14 North West chapel has its own gabled roof, a two-light Decorated West window, and in the North wall a small rectangular C14 window that breaks the string course and a blocked C14 doorway.
The North porch was added or rebuilt in the late C17 and has a chamfered outer opening and a small East window. There is a C17 pendant at the apex of the gable bargeboards. Herringbone masonry in the nave North wall survives from the late C11 or early C12 nave; the lancet to the East of the North porch is late C12 or very early C13, and there is also a C14 window in the nave North wall. There is another C14 window and a C13 lancet in the chancel North wall, and the East window is C14, heavily renewed, with intersecting ogee tracery. The South East chapel was rebuilt in brick c.1524 and has a low pitched roof behind a plain parapet, and three light windows with depressed heads and uncusped lights. The South aisle also has a low pitched roof behind a plain parapet, and three late Decorated windows, each of two lights with a large cusped lozenge in the head. There is no clerestory.
Interior
Interior Description
There is no chancel arch, but the chancel is distinguished by offsets that narrow it from the nave on either side. The four bay South arcade is very tall for the height of the nave, reaching almost to the top of the wall and is late C14 in date. The outer orders have continuous hollow chamfers, the inner is on half-round shafts with moulded capitals and bases. The tower arch, opening into the West bay of the South aisle, is also C14 and has a continuous outer order and an inner order on shafts with moulded capitals that are slightly different to those in the arcade. The tower is vaulted, with corner shafts similar to the tower arch, and thin ribs. The South West chapel opens to the aisle through an early C15 arch on polygonal responds with moulded capitals, and there is a matching two bay arcade from the chapel to the chancel, the central pier with a very high base. Traces of a former squint from the nave into the North West chapel are visible in the nave North wall. Timber West gallery, underbuilt to form a vestry, the upper part used as the organ loft.
Late medieval nave roof of tie beam and crown post construction. The tie beams are moulded, and the crown posts have moulded capitals and bases. The rafters are open. The chancel roof is of similar construction, but is largely C19 and the rafters are panelled. The South aisle roof is also C19 but retains the moulded timber wall posts and stone corbels of the medieval roof. The South East chapel roof is flat and C16 in style with moulded beams.
Bells
Nominal: 1241.5 Hz Weight: 457 lbs Diameter: 27" Bell 2 of 6
Founded by William Mears 1777
Dove Bell ID: 14602 Tower ID: 10102 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: quarter Cracked: No
Nominal: 1121 Hz Weight: 447 lbs Diameter: 28.5" Bell 3 of 6
Founded by Joseph Hatch 1629
Dove Bell ID: 14603 Tower ID: 10102 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: quarter Cracked: No
Nominal: 987.5 Hz Weight: 594 lbs Diameter: 30.5" Bell 4 of 6
Founded by William Mears 1777
Dove Bell ID: 14604 Tower ID: 10102 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: quarter Cracked: No
Nominal: 933 Hz Weight: 800 lbs Diameter: 34" Bell 5 of 6
Founded by Joseph Hatch 1605
Dove Bell ID: 14605 Tower ID: 10102 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: quarter Cracked: No
Nominal: 823 Hz Weight: 1170 lbs Diameter: 38.5" Bell 6 of 6
Founded by William le Belyetere (Canterbury)
Dove Bell ID: 14606 Tower ID: 10102 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: quarter Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: TR 142 583
Burial and War Grave Information
It is unknown whether the building is consecrated.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has been used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard is used for burial.
The churchyard is closed for burial by order in council.
The date of the burial closure order is 27/10/1971
The churchyard has war graves.
National Heritage record for England designations
There are no records of National Heritage assets within the curtilage of this site.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
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There are no records of Ancient, Veteran or Notable Trees within the curtilage of this site.
Renewables
| Renewable | Installed |
|---|---|
| Solar PV Panels | No |
| Solar Thermal Panels | No |
| Biomass | No |
| Wind Turbine | No |
| Air Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ev Charging | No |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
'Seek advice' Species
More information on species and action to be taken upon discovery.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
Further information
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