Description

SO 61 SE CINDERFORD BELLE VUE ROAD
(east side)
10/25 Church of St. Stephen

II
Parish church, 1890, chancel 1893, by C.H. Lingen Barker of
Hereford. 4-bay nave with aisles, chancel and north vestry.
Impressive west front to road, projecting centre, entrance door on
returns. Plain plinth, plain ashlar bands at various levels: 3
lancet windows in centre at lower level, one each in aisles; above
two 2-light windows with geometric tracery, above again a plate-
tracery rose window and in the apex 3 slits with louvres. Either
side the corner buttresses are taken up above the eaves with gabled
caps. The entrance doors have separate hoodmoulds, with above a
flat gable against the wall, carved with 2 layers of recessed semi-
circles. The bell hangs under a projecting timber gablet over the
north door. Aisles buttressed, with 3 lancets grouped beneath a
hoodmould in each bay; clerestory has 2 sets of 2 lancets per bay.
Impressive interior, plain round columns, simple arches: ceiling
boarded, pointed barrel vault with ribs at half-bay centres rising
off stone corbels. Western gallery in projection with stone
balustrade. Original fittings.

Listing NGR: SO6591013837

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26416851

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (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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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)