Parish Church of St Mary and St Clement, Clavering (EHER 115)

Church built 14th to 15th century on the site of an earlier church, with some 17th century internal features, and was restored in 1867 and 1893. Nave, aisles, chancel and south porch are battlemented and west tower has angle buttresses and a battlemented parapet. The chancel was built in the late 14th century and the rest of the church was built at the end of the 14th century or the beginning of the 15th century. It was constructed of flint rubble, and was built on the site of an earlier church.

Monument description derived from merging EHER 115 and 35733. Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Present structure is 14th century. Visited in April 1982 when the floors in the north aisle were taken up but no archaeological features were recorded. <1> Nave, aisles and west tower are early 15th century (1400), the chancel is about 1360. The walls are flint rubble with a little stone. The 15th century roofs of the nave and aisles are interesting features, also an early 13th century effigy in the north aisle, the 15th century pulpit, screens and seating and remains of 15th century glass. The irregular width of the south aisle indicates that an earlier building existed on the site. 17th century pulpit has a 15th century stem. The font is 13th century - Purbeck marble. There are 16th and 17th century brasses. Restored 1867 and 1893. <2> - <4> See also: <5> - <9>