Description

SHREWSBURY

SJ4912SW ST ALKMOND'S PLACE
653-1/15/522 Church of St Alkmund
10/01/53
(Formerly Listed as:
ST ALKMOND'S SQUARE
Church of St Alkmund)

GV II*

Parish church. 1794-5 incorporating C15 tower. John Carline
and Tilley. White sandstone with leaded roofs. West tower and
spire, nave with lean-to aisles, and short chancel.
EXTERIOR: 4-stage west tower of coursed and squared rubble
with Perpendicular west door with square hoodmould flanked by
ogee niches. 4-light window over, and bell chamber opening of
3-lights. Pierced tracery to parapet, angle buttresses
terminating in pinnacles. Spire with lucarnes. Ashlar to
aisles, divided into 6 bays by thin pilaster buttresses with
recessed panelling. Windows mostly of c1900, Decorated style,
with stone tracery, but west windows have cast-iron tracery
which dates from 1795. Cast-iron tracery in east window. Small
porch with clustered columns carrying flat entablature in NE
angle over Early English-style doorway.
INTERIOR: a single space with a very short chancel behind
chamfered arch carried on corbels. High chamfered west tower
arch with abaci continuing as string course over west wall is
the only visible fabric of medieval church. Flat panelled
ceiling with main beams carried on wall posts on corbels. Pews
said to date from 1795, but panelling and ceiling along with
organ and screen to NE and screen to SE chapel are c1900.
STAINED GLASS: 2 panels in north aisle, early C20. East
window, Our Lady Queen of Heaven by Francis Eginton, 1795, a
painting on glass.
MEMORIALS: N aisle: Thomas and Mary Jones, 1715. Marble urn in
pedimented surround with swags and putti etc; Sir Thomas
Jones, 1702, by James Paget, an inscribed panel surmounted by
broken pediment on Corinthian shafts flanked by foliate
scrolls. Various simpler marble slabs in E and S wall of S
aisle, and 3 re-sited brass figures of c1500, mounted on a
board.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Shropshire:
Harmondsworth: 1958-).

Listing NGR: SJ4927112487

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17550400

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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