Description

1.
5224 CHURCH STREET
(north side)

CHURCH OF ST DAVID
SP 2032 SE 2/34

II GV

2.
Practically rebuilt in 1858 as a hall church of 3 naves in Decorated style. Tower
1861 (see tablet in tower). Architects: Poulton and Woodman of Reading. The old
vestry (now kitchen) of 1790 was retained. 1892 chancel and south aisle extended
by E H Lingen Barker. Golden Ashlar with tiled roofs. Five bay church, 3 bay
chancel with flanking vestry and chapel; muscular west tower of 4 stages (door,
window, clock and belfry) with chamfered set-offs and with stepped corner buttresses
becoming set-back at base because of the set-offs; chamfered corners with crockets;
Gothic parapet with corner pinnacles. Stone octagonal spire with lucarnes. Stair-
turret to south-east with trefoil-headed door. Interior: font and pulpit also
'muscular', about 1860; chancel screen 1910 by Bligh Bond. East windows of aisles
and all chancel windows stained (east window by Lavers and Westlake 1858). Vestry
door has good iron-work. Two marble memorials on West wall (1887 and 1845).

Listing NGR: SP2060832235

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26381092

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide