---
title: "St Mary, Lamberhurst"
description: "Located in Lamberhurst, Kent. Built C12 chancel, extended C13; nave C14; C15 tower; restored c1870. Diocese of Rochester. Grade I. Decorated and Perpendicular style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Kent","Lamberhurst","Grade I","Decorated","Perpendicular","Ewan Christian"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/st-mary-lamberhurst"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T01:59:17.757Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-08T15:59:46.197Z"
location: "Lamberhurst, Kent"
country: "England"
county: "Kent"
town: "Lamberhurst"
address: "Lamberhurst, Kent, TN3 8EB"
postcode: "TN3 8EB"
built: "C12 chancel, extended C13; nave C14; C15 tower; restored c1870"
architect: "Ewan Christian (restoration c1870)"
denomination: "Church of England"
dedications: ["Mary"]
diocese: "Rochester"
grade: "I"
style: "Decorated and Perpendicular"
materials: "Rubble sandstone and plain tiled roofs"
website: "https://stlukesandstmaryschurches.org/st-marys"
openingHours: "Sorry, there are no regular opening times for this church."
parish: "Lamberhurst"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1084519"
accessNotes: "Accessible toilets nearby. Level access to the main areas"
---

# St Mary, Lamberhurst

St Mary’s is a Grade I parish church on Church Road, Lamberhurst, Kent, in the Diocese of Rochester, a Decorated and Perpendicular village church with a south-western tower and shingled spire.

## Overview

Historic England lists a parish church whose chancel is twelfth-century and was extended in the thirteenth, with a fourteenth-century nave and fifteenth-century tower, restored about 1870 by Ewan Christian. The fabric is rubble sandstone under separately roofed, plain-tiled ranges. The plan is chancel and nave each with a south aisle, a south-western tower and a south porch. Nave windows are typically two-light with quatrefoils; the west window is a five-light Perpendicular design. The two-stage tower has offset corner buttresses, battlements, a recessed shingled spire and a south-western stair turret.

Inside, a four-bay fourteenth-century nave arcade has double-chamfered arches on octagonal piers; there are similar tower, chancel and chapel arches and crown-post roofs. A later fourteenth-century three-bay chancel arcade incorporates the remains of a lower thirteenth-century eastern arch, evidence that the chancel once ran further east. Fittings include fourteenth-century encaustic tiles in the south chapel, a piscina and sedilia in the chancel arcade, a three-tier pulpit dated 1630, and Queen Anne Royal Arms over the south door. The south (Scotney) chapel holds Hussey monuments, including Edward Hussey (d.1894) and Christopher Hussey (d.1970).

## Further Information

- [Historic England list entry 1084519](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1084519)
- [St Luke’s and St Mary’s churches](https://stlukesandstmaryschurches.org/st-marys)