Description

ST DEVEREUX CP -
SO 43 SW
2/47 Church of St Dubricius
26.1.67
II*

Parish church. C13 nave, C14 west tower and late C14 chancel; mid- to late
C19 restoration. Sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings; C20 concrete tiled
roof. West tower, nave with south porch and chancel. West tower of three
stages with upper stages markedly offset above ground stage, plain parapet,
square headed loop to west side of ground stage, pointed head to loop on
second stage above, two trefoil-headed lights to 2-centred arch headed opening
to each side of bell stage. Nave: largely restored lancet to left with similar
window and further window with two trefoil-headed lights with quatrefoil in
roundel to right of C19 gabled timber-framed porch and 2-centred arched headed
doorway with chamfered jambs. The north wall has one 2-light C19 window to
right of blocked north doorway and a single lancet and a 2-light C13 window
to the left. Chancel: square headed windows with two trefoiled ogee headed
lights flank late C15 or early C16 doorway with chamfered jambs and 4-centred
head. There are two similar windows to the north side. Restored C14 east
window with three trefoiled ogee headed lights with tracery and a 2-centred
head. Interior: C15 or C16 font with octagonal bowl and splayed underside.
Octagonal stem and square base. C14 piscina in chancel with chamfered and
rebated 2-centred head, damaged quatrefoiled bowl. Tomb recesses in north
and south walls of nave with low segmental pointed arches. Monuments: on
west wall, Thomas Goode, died 1664, with coat of arms, cherub heads and
scrolled bolection mould surround. Ann Goode, 1668, with figure and cherub
heads and scrolled bolection mould surround. The church contains many other,
mostly C19, memorials to Goode family in chancel. (RCHM, Vol I, p 223 -224;
BoE, p 283-284).

Listing NGR: SO4408931220

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17537505

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record