St Mary the Virgin, Gissing. Date unknown.
Decorative south door, Gissing Church.
Detail, roof, Gissing Church.
The Gissing Lion.
Tower, St Mary the Virgin, by Bill Goode in April 1976.
Tower, St Mary the Virgin, by Bill Goode in April 1976.
Detail of doorway, St Mary the Virgin, by Bill Goode in July 1969.
Tower, St Mary the Virgin, by Bill Goode in July 1969.
A Claude Messent drawing in May 1958 of St Mary the Virgin.
Interior, St Mary the Virgin, taken by Bill Goode in April 1976.
Gissing St Mary
The tower has a Norman west window at ground floor and higher up belfry openings with dressed stone and round headed lights supported by circular columns.
The tower’s circular windows suggest the inclusion of Saxon features in an otherwise Norman building. Given the continuity of the courses of flint, Stephen Hart argues that the tower was built at the same time as the nave with its north and impressive Norman south doorways.
The stone tower arch has stone dressings on each side. The north porch is two storey with flushwork. Impressive double hammer beam roof with king posts and angels. Lots of monuments to the Kemp family.
