Description

PLYMOUTH

SX4655 PARADISE ROAD, Stoke
740-1/42/673 (North side)
25/01/54 Church of St Andrew, Stoke Damerel
(Formerly Listed as:
PARADISE ROAD, Devonport
Church of St Andrew, Stoke Damerel)

GV II*

Parish church. C15 tower, otherwise heavily remodelled or
rebuilt in 1751 and later altered and restored. Rendered stone
with some granite dressings; S porch is Plymouth limestone
brought to course and with freestone dressings; dry slate
roofs.
PLAN: nave/chancel; N and S aisles; W tower; C16 N porch; late
C19 S porch.
EXTERIOR: N aisle has 2 late C18 round-arched hornless sashes
with glazing bars intersecting at the heads; S aisle windows
1904 by Charles Cheverton in similar style with fixed lights
over low transoms; traceried 3-light E window to S aisle and
C18 oval lights with radiating glazing bars to E and W gables.
C16 4-centred arched N porch doorway with square hoodmould and
quatrefoils to spandrels. 3-stage W tower with diagonal
buttresses and polygonal pinnacles to embattled parapet; large
clockface to 2nd stage; 2-centred arched window over W doorway
which now has traceried window, both with hoodmoulds.
INTERIOR: 4-bay arcades with elliptical arches on slender oak
Tuscan columns. Fittings: mid C19 Perpendicular style plaster
font and pulpit, otherwise late C19 or C20 fittings. Stained
glass in E window of N aisle of 1863 with rich colours.
Monuments: 1 monument by Isbell and various other C18 and C19
wall monuments to army and navy men.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989-:
643).

Listing NGR: SX4633055001

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Church of St Andrew, Stoke Damarel at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17554534

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Recommended Books

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)