Christ Church, Kilndown

Christ Church
Christ Church viewed from the west in 2001
Map
51°05′27″N 0°25′37″E / 51.0908°N 0.4270°E / 51.0908; 0.4270
LocationChurch Road, Kilndown, Kent TN17 2SF
CountryEngland
DenominationChurch of England
History
StatusParish church
Consecrated15 April 1841
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade I listed
Architect(s)Anthony Salvin
StyleGothic Revival
Completed1839
Administration
ProvinceCanterbury
DioceseCanterbury[1]
DeaneryWeald
BeneficeGoudhurst and Kilndown

Christ Church is a Church of England parish church in Kilndown, Kent, England. It was built in 1839 under the commission of William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, and was substantially reordered in the early 1840s in accordance with the principles of the Cambridge Camden Society (later the Ecclesiological Society). Its layout and rich interior decoration, contributed by a range of major architects of the era, made it "a showcase" of the influential Society's ideas:[2] John Betjeman described the church as "a museum of the Camden Society".[3] It was severely damaged by bombing during the Second World War, but has been restored. It is a Grade I listed building.

  1. ^ "Goudhurst & Kilndown parish profile" (PDF). Church of England. 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  2. ^ Homan 1984, p. 67.
  3. ^ Homan 1984, p. 6.