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Latitude: 50.5974 / 50°35'50"N
Longitude: -1.2641 / 1°15'50"W
OS Eastings: 452177
OS Northings: 77773
OS Grid: SZ521777
Mapcode National: GBR 8CQ.K5W
Mapcode Global: FRA 877H.9BG
Plus Code: 9C2WHPWP+W8
Entry Name: Church of St Mary and St Rhadegund
Listing Date: 18 January 1967
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1292740
English Heritage Legacy ID: 392824
ID on this website: 101292740
Location: St Mary and St Rhadegund's Church, Whitwell, Isle of Wight, PO38
County: Isle of Wight
Civil Parish: Niton and Whitwell
Built-Up Area: Whitwell
Traditional County: Hampshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Isle of Wight
Church of England Parish: Whitwell St Mary and St Rhadegund
Church of England Diocese: Portsmouth
Tagged with: Church building
NITON AND WHITWELL
SZ57NW HIGH STREET, Whitwell
1353-0/6/198 Church of St Mary and St Rhadegund
18/01/67
II*
Parish Church. Unusually built as 2 chapels side by side, St
Rhadegund in C12 and the chapel of the Virgin added c1200. Nave
C12, chancel and south aisle C13, the south aisle widened in
the late C15 or early C16 when the south chapel, south porch
and tower were added and the solid wall between the original
chapels was removed. Interior restored by R J Jones. Built of
Isle of Wight stone rubble with tiled roof, the south porch
with stone slab roof. West tower late C15 or early C16 of 2
stages with angled buttresses. Crenellated parapet. Lower
stage has arched window with hood moulding. South porch also
late C15 or early C16, gabled with stone slab roof, the
interior rib vaulted with stone seat. South aisle has 2 paired
cinquefoil headed windows with drip-moulding and buttress.
Graphite on wall RMN 1589 and carved shield. South chapel has
2 tiers of 2 cinquefoil headed lights. Nave has 3 triple
cinquefoil headed lights with hood moulding and buttresses.
Chancel east window has 2 cinquefoil lancets with hood
moulding and grotesques. Interior has C12 3 bay arcade with
one round-headed and one slightly pointed arch with round
piers; square abaci with chamfered corners. South chapel arch
has a Norman north respond with scalloped capitals. Modern
crown post roofs and barrel vaulted ceilings. Octagonal stone
font. 1623 cherry wood pulpit with blank arches and carved
panels with arabesques above. Chancel has piscina with shelf.
South chapel has C17 wooden altar and piscina.
(Pevsner: B.O.E. Hampshire and the Isle of Wight: 775).
Listing NGR: SZ5217777773
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