Description

1. WEST HANNINGFIELD CHURCH ROAD
5213 WEST HANNINGFIELD
Church of S S
Mary and Edward

TQ 79 NW 18/507 10.4.67.

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2.
A small church of C12 origin much altered in the C18-C19, The most interesting
feature is the early mediaeval timber-framed belfry dated by C A Hewett to the
lst half of the C14. The framework is cruciform in plan, weatherboarded, the
arms of the cross are of 2 stages, with low pitched gabled roofs. (The outer
walls of the tower were probably originally octagonal). The upper part of the
tower contains the remains of very early trefoil heavy wood tracery. It is topped
by an octagonal shingled broach spire. There is the remains of a C12 window in
the north wall of the nave. The south aisle and arcade is of circa 1330 and the
chancel is early Cl6, with 2 good brick windows in the north wall. The south
porch is C15 with a C14 door and the west door is Cl5. The interior has a small
octagonal C14 carved font, a C13-Cl4 dug out chest and a C17 altar rail with alternate
twisted and turned balusters. (RCHM 1).

Listing NGR: TQ7350899825

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17545126

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)