Description

INWARDLEIGH INWARDLEIGH
SX 59 NE
10/145 Church of St Petrock
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22.2.67
GV II*
Parish church. Late C15 and early C16 restored in 1899. Stone rubble walls,
rendered to tower. Gable ended slate roof.
Plan: nave, chancel, north aisle, west tower and south porch. Aisle may he an
early C16 addition.
Exterior: 3 stage west tower with diagonal buttresses, crenellated with crocketted
pinnacles which have fleur de lys finials. 2-light segmental-headed belfry
openings. Plain chamfered granite west doorway with 2-centred arch. Simple 2-light
mullion window with roundheaded lights above. North aisle has 3 early C16 3-light
granite mullion windows with round heads and square hoodmoulds. Granite north
doorway is recessed behind heavy square-headed frame with large hoodmould - it has 2
centred head with large quatrefoils in spandrels and carved jambs. Image niche
above with 2-centred head. East end of aisle has 3-light Perpendicular granite
window. Chancel east window is 3-light Perpendicular restoration in red sandstone.
South side of chancel has very narrow 4-centred head priest's doorway with square
hoodmould and carved date which is now illegible. 2-light C15 cinquefoil headed
mullion window to its left. Single storey gabled south porch has rebuilt 2-centred
arched doorway with projecting imposts.
Interior: porch has restored wagon roof. South doorway has restored 2-centred head
and original granite jambs with pyramid stops. Internal walls have C20 render. 4-
bay granite arcade of Pevsner A-type piers with moulded cup capitals and 4-centred
arches. Plain tower arch. No chancel arch. C19 boarded wagon roofs. Some old
glass survives in east window of aisle with human figures. Good Norman cushion font
with flower and star carving on panels, bands of ornament to shaft and plait
moulding at base.
Several slate floor memorials survive of C16, C17 and C18 dates.
Source: Beatrix Cresswell - Churches in the Deanery of Okehampton Kelly's Directory
1906.

Listing NGR: SX5601099444

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17536844

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  For the Record
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)