The late fifteenth century also saw the addition of much of the church’s excellent woodwork. The carved wooden parclosè screens, which operate the side chapels from the chancel, the choir stalls (unusually ‘returned,’ ie at right-angles, as found in cathedrals) and the rood screen (only the base of which remains today and which originally separated the chancel and nave) were all locally made at this time. Although none of these additions stand by themselves as great works of art, they represent the solid English, hand-made vernacular style from an age before mass-produced and machine-made furnishings. They are certainly some of the church’s remaining ‘treasures.’ The plainly moulded font. made from Kentish ragstone, also dates from this period.
