Description

ST 55 NE STOWEY-SUTTON STOWEY 5/89 Church of St. Nicholas and Mary 21.9.60 II

Anglican parish church. C15 and C19 alterations. Squared and coursed sandstone to tower and chancel, squared and coursed red sandstone and lias in alternate bands to nave. Ashlar to tower parapet, freestone openings and copings, slate roof to nave, plain tile roof to chancel. Nave, chancel, west tower, north porch. Nave south wall has 2 recut cusped light Perpendicular windows under flat hoodmoulds with lozenge stops, 1 blocked Tudor arched window and one single light triangular headed C19 window. 2 similar Perpendicular windows to north wall. Chancel on both north and south walls has a recut 2-light perpendicular window. Chancel north wall has in addition a Tudor arched doorway with C19 plank door and above, a mediaeval statue of God the Father set in shallow niche. C19 three- light Perpendicular style east window. Junction between nave and chancel on the north side has a quoin carved with shears: symbol of the Wool Staplers' Guild. Tower of 3 stages with diagonal buttresses, polygonal north east corner embattled stair turret and pierced lozenge parapet with corner crocketted pinnacles. West facade has a tall 3-light Perpendicular window to 1st stage. Moulded stringcourses, 2 cusped light bell openings with dense quatrefoil piercing and hoodmoulds, moulded cornice below parapet with fine gargoyles, one to each, face including a ram's head. Gabled north porch with Tudor arched doorway, plain C19 north doorway and plank door. Interior. Nave has double chamfered tower arch and C19 wagon roof on mediaeval wall plate. C19 double chamfered chancel arch with C19 open rafter roof with transverse tie beams. Fittings. Nave at tower arch has an octagonal Perpendicular font with quatrefoil panels. Charles II coat of arms dated 1660 over north door. 3 fine wall monuments on south wall to the Jones and Sandford families: earliest to William Jones (died 1748) by Thomas Paty. C19 Perpendicular style pulpit. Over the chancel arch and on chancel walls are fine 1915 canvas murals depicting the Day of Judgement and scenes from Christ's life by Henry Strachey. 1846 floral stained glass in east window. (Pevsner, The Buildings of England : North Somerset and Bristol, 1958).

Listing NGR: ST5991859438

External Links

• Church of St Nicholas and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Stowey at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q16707724

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Recommended Books

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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide