Description

TG 02 SW BINTREE CHURCH ROAD

5/9 Church of St.Swithin 30/5/60 - II*

Parish church. Medieval and later. Flint with ashlar and some brick dressings. Plain tile and slate roofs. West tower, nave with aisle, transept and porch to south and chancel of 1761 according to datestone. C14 west tower with pair of diagonal buttresses and chequered flushwork plinth. 2- light cusped Y-traceried west window. 2-light bell-openings with pairs of short super mullions flanking cusped soufflet. Crenellated parapet with crocketted corner pinnacles. 2 2-light and one 3-light late Perpendicular nave windows to north with flat heads. 2 similar 3-light windows to south aisle with one 2-light cusped Y-traceried west window. South transept with one restored 3-light Decorated window with 3-petal soufflets to gable-end, single lancet to west and 2 2-light Y-traceried windows to east. C18 chancel with east and south windows in Decorated style. C14 moulded north and south nave doorways. Interior. 4-bay C14 south arcade with octagonal piers,bell capitals and arches of 2 plain chamfered orders. Tower arch with filletted semicircular responds and plain chamfered arch. C18 chancel arch in Clh style. C14 octagonal font with elaborate blind tracery patterns in each panel. Rare C12 pillar piscina in chancel.

Listing NGR: TG0171623446

External Links

• Wikidata Q17553412

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  For the Record