Description

SO 41 NE; 4/181

WELSH NEWTON CP,
WELSH NEWTON

Church of St Mary

25/02/66

GV

I

Parish church. C13, C14 alteration and additions, C16 roof. Restored
1869 by Hans F Price of Weston-super-Mare. Coursed sandstone rubble,
worked rubble dressings, artificial stone slates to roof. West tower,
nave and chancel with south porch and north vestry.

West belfry tower:
two stages with short octagonal broached spire, projecting plinth and
moulded string course, further string course to belfry stage, short
clasping buttresses, square headed vents to belfry, weathervane to spire,
weatherings to earlier roof line to east side. Four bay nave and two bay
chancel in one; one lancet to west and four similar lancets to east of
south porch; gabled dormer to light rood screen, 2-light window with
trefoiled ogee-headed lights and quatrefoil, hoodmould, gable surmounted
by small stone cross at apex; three short stepped buttresses. Gabled
south porch, pointed arched doorway of two orders; inner rounded and
outer chamfered, chamfered jambs square stone stoup against inner east
wall. East window designed 1862 by J P Seddon, executed by Powell of
Whitefriars.

INTERIOR: continuous ceiled waggon roof with moulded members
and small square bosses. One moulded tie beam and cut ends of one other
remain of earlier roof, moulded wooden wall plate with red crosses on
tie-beam stubs. Fine stone rood screen: three bays, central narrower bay
with 2-centred arch, outer segmental pointed arches, two moulded orders,
octagonal piers and semi-octagonal responds with moulded bases and capitals,
hoodmoulds to arches and hollow chamfered cornice with ball flower ornament.
Fittings: C12 font, plain circular bowl with tapering sides, squat circular
base. Stone seat in north wall of chancel with shaped arm rests. Piscina
in east splay of south-east window of chancel; small trefoil headed recess.
The red crosses marked on the wall-plate and cut end, of tie-beams probably
refer to the Knights Templar who held the church until 1312 when it passed
to the Knights Hospitaller.

Listing NGR: SO4996118022

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17530239

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)