Christ Church, Kilndown

Christ Church
Christ Church viewed from the west in 2001
51°05′27″N 0°25′37″E / 51.0908°N 0.4270°E / 51.0908; 0.4270
Location	Church Road, Kilndown, Kent TN17 2SF
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
History
Status	Parish church
Consecrated	15 April 1841
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade I listed
Architect(s)	Anthony Salvin
Style	Gothic Revival
Completed	1839
Administration
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Canterbury[1]
Deanery	Weald
Benefice	Goudhurst 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.