Survey Data
Reg No
13900811
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Church/chapel
In Use As
Church/chapel
Date
1840 - 1850
Coordinates
318355, 306810
Date Recorded
14/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding Church of Ireland church, built c. 1845. Rectangular-plan with four-bay nave, dressed stone pitched stepped bellcote to west gable, gable-fronted chancel projecting to east, gable-fronted porch to west; gable-fronted porch to south. Pitched slate roofs, clay ridge tiles, unpainted stone flat-capped chimneystack to east gable, square stone corbelled eaves, moulded uPVC gutters. Unpainted squared-and-snecked rubble walling, chamfered stone plinth, chamfered limestone continuous sill course; string course to east and west gables following profile of roofs, square stepped buttresses to nave, clasping buttresses to corners, pyramidal stepped capped pinnacles, unpainted smooth rendered walling to porch, projecting plinth and quoins. Lancet window openings, dressed limestone chamfered reveals and sills, painted leaded diamond-pattern quarry glass panes, decorative circular vents to south porch windows, tripartite lancet windows to east, trefoil window opening chamfered surround to west. Pointed arch door openings, dressed limestone chamfered door surround, varnished timber vertically-sheeted door to south porch, limestone plinth stones, leading step. Set within graveyard, elevated site, random rubble boundary wall, soldier coping, random rubble dressed stone gate archway to north, soldier coping, mild steel gate, former school to south-west.
Appraisal
This prominent local landmark which was erected by the Upton family of Glyde Court. The distinctive stepped pinnacles and leaded lancet windows enhance the quality of the building which is a fine example of a mid-nineteenth century Church of Ireland church.