Description

SYKEHOUSE BROAD LANE
SE 61 NW
(north side)
2/85 Church of the
24.11.66 Holy Trinity
GV II
Church. Tower of 1721 otherwise 1869 by C. H. Fowler. Red brick with ashlar
dressings, slate roof. West tower, 4-bay nave with south porch and north
aisle, narrower chancel with north vestry; C19 work in Gothic Revival style.
Tower: simple square projection from nave with chamfered plinth band beneath
C19 west window of 2 lancets with quatrefoil beneath pointed brick arch; slit
window and offset band beneath wooden, louvred belfry openings of 2 trefoil-
headed lights; pyramidal roof with cross. Plaque on south side with name
'John Gibson' and date '1721'. Nave: chamfered plinth; gabled porch to bay 2
with apex cross; east buttress; windows as tower; shaped kneelers and ashlar
gable copings. North aisle has mullioned window of 3 round-headed lights and
pointed lancet windows. Chancel: lower and set back with blue brick band
on south side beneath 3 lancets, that to east set higher and cusped,
Clasping buttresses flank 3-light east window; gable copings with cross.
Gabled north vestry with 2-light mullioned window beneath shouldered lintel.
Interior: arcade has cylindrical piers with square bases and capitals to
2-order brick arches, similar tower and chancel arches. Blue-brick, ashlar
and cogged brick bands. 2-seat sedilia and piscina with arches over. Small
octagonal font of C15 date presumably from elsewhere.

Listing NGR: SE6291516904

Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)