Description

PUTLEY CP PUTLEY SO 63 NW

4/163 Putley Parish Church

GV II*

Parish church. C12 origins, restored 1875-6 by Thomas Blashill. Sandstone rubble; nave and chancel have tiled roofs, bell turret shingles, and south porch stone slates. Two-bay nave with bell turret inset from west wall, two- bay chancel and south porch. West wall has battered base and pointed C19 window of two trefoil-headed lights beneath a quatrefoil. Blocked north doorway with elliptical head and beneath, fragments of roll mouldings; north window to east of door is C14 with semi-circular head containing blind trefoils; vestry of c1875 projects to north; a further trefoiled light to north side of chancel. East window: part of restoration, has three trefoiled lights with three cinquefoils above. South window of chancel is a restored trefoil-headed light with blind spandrels; blocked priest's door, possibly C14, with 2-centred head. C13 east window of south side of nave has pointed head containing two trefoiled lights under a quatrefoil; restored trefoiled window to west of C17 timber-framed porch restored in C20, C13 or C14 south doorway has 2-centred head. Bell turret has pyramidical roof with a lucarne to each slope. Interior: chancel has C19 open wagon roof, the nave possibly a C15 arch brace and collar roof, C19 reredos in Venetian mosaics and altar table with the Entombment; re- set piscina probably C13 has trefoiled head, octofoil drain and is supported on columnar detached shafts. Pulpit has two sides of early C17 re-used panelling with a deeply moulded frieze and gadrooning over Ionic pilasters which continues as a screen beneath the chancel arch (formerly made up the Putley Court Pew). Stained glass windows by Clayton & Bell except the west window which is by Heaton Butler and Baque. The extent of the 1870s restoration is indicated by a plan in the vestry showing the seating layout and the only medieval parts: the west and south walls of the nave. The drawing is inscribed: "The Incorporated Society for promoting the/ Enlargement Building and Repairing of Churchs/ and Chapels granted £20 towards reseating/ this church upon condition that all seats except 5 in the Putley Court Pew be set apart for the free use of the Inhabitants - Augustus Frederick Denhham, Rector John Riley ) Church Thos Lewis ) Wardens Re-opened May 5th 1876 Thomas Blashill ARIBA, Architect, 10 Old Jewry Chambers, London EC"

The parish church has no known dedication. (Information in the church; RCHM Vol II, p 156, BoE, p 274).

Listing NGR: SO6460837607

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)