---
title: "St Mary the Virgin, Hastingleigh"
description: "Located in Hastingleigh, Kent. Built C11 nave; C13 chancel and tower; C14 south aisle and porch. Diocese of Canterbury. Grade I. Norman and Early English style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Kent","Hastingleigh","Grade I","Norman","Early English"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/st-mary-virgin-hastingleigh"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T01:47:56.928Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-08T00:33:38.341Z"
location: "Hastingleigh, Kent"
country: "England"
county: "Kent"
town: "Hastingleigh"
address: "Hastingleigh, Kent, TN25 5HU"
postcode: "TN25 5HU"
built: "C11 nave; C13 chancel and tower; C14 south aisle and porch"
denomination: "Church of England"
dedications: ["Mary"]
diocese: "Canterbury"
grade: "I"
style: "Norman and Early English"
materials: "Flint with the upper stages of the tower rebuilt in red brick; plain tiled roof"
website: "http://www.wyebenefice.org.uk/"
openingHours: "Sorry, there are no regular opening times for this church."
parish: "The Parish Upon the Hills"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1232978"
accessNotes: "Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets nearby"
---

# St Mary the Virgin, Hastingleigh

St Mary is a Grade I parish church in a valley about a mile from Hastingleigh village, Kent, in the Diocese of Canterbury and The Parish Upon the Hills.

## Overview

Historic England records an eleventh-century parish church with a thirteenth-century chancel and tower and a fourteenth-century south aisle and porch. The fabric is flint, the upper stages of the southwest tower rebuilt in red brick, under a plain tiled roof. A roll-moulded west door sits in a fourteenth-century timber porch on a flint base, with a crown-post roof. Massive offset buttresses support the north nave. A downpipe hopper is dated 1879.

Inside, a two-bay south arcade on octagonal piers has double-chamfered arches. The listing notes jambs of a tall, possibly Anglo-Saxon north door with a blocked twelfth-century round-headed doorway set within, a thirteenth-century tower arch, and crown-post roofs to nave, aisle and chancel. The long chancel has closely packed lancets. A fifteenth-century rood screen survives, with wall paintings including thirteenth-century grisaille. The church stands in the Kent Downs.

## Further Information

- [Historic England list entry 1232978](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1232978)
- [Wye Benefice](http://www.wyebenefice.org.uk/)