Description

SPROATLEY BACK LANE TA 13 SE (south side) 6/76 Church of Saint Swithin GV II Church. 1814-20, rebuilt 1886 by Smith and Brodrick. Grey brick with stone dressings, graduated slate roof. Gothic Revival style. 3 stage west tower, 3-bay aisled nave with north porch, 2-bay chancel with north vestry. West tower: plinth, angle buttresses with offsets, chamfered strings to each stage. First and second stages have trefoil-headed lancets, clock to second stage. Belfry: 2-light square headed window with cusped tracery under hood- mould. Crenellated parapet with crocketed corner finials. Nave: chamfered plinth, buttresses with offsets. Two 3-light square-headed windows with Perpendicular tracery. South porch: segmental-headed door under hood-mould and blank tracery in apex of coped gable. Chancel: 2-light pointed window with Perpendicular tracery under hood-mould with foliate stops. Pointed 4-light east window with Perpendicular tracery under hood-mould with monarch stops. Raised coped gable with cross finial on shaped kneelers.

Listing NGR: TA1948034393

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (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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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)