Church Of St.Thomas Of Canterbury

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

HUNTINGTON CP HUNTINGTON SO 25 SW 1/109 Church of St Thomas of Canterbury 16.10.67 - II* Parish church. Circa 1300, altered early C17 and restored in 1892 and mid- C20. Rubble with ashlar dressings and slate roofs with decorative ridge tiles and slate-hung bell turret. Continuous two-bay nave and single-bay chancel with west bell turret and south porch. Nave and chancel: north elevation has a C14 ogee-arched light at the eastern end, a central pair of C19 lancets, and a loophole at the western end. South elevation has a circa 1600 window of two lights with a square head at the eastern end and a similar window (C19 externally) east of the porch. At the east end is a pair of circa 1300 lancets and to the left of them are two corbels. The west bell turret is C17 and square in plan with rectangular louvred bell chamber openings, a pyramidal roof and weathervane. The south porch is C19.

It is gabled and timber-framed on a rubble base. The roof has overhanging eaves on shaped brackets, moulded bargeboards and a pendant finial. There is a moulded arch-braced tie-beam and four cusped pointed openings in each side elevation above four rendered panels. The C14 doorway has chamfered jambs anda pointed head. Interior: there is no chancel arch. The chancel has a chamfered ponted arched organ recess in the north wall. At the west end the bell turret stands on moulded posts; the eastern posts forming a cusped pointed archway and are flanked by similar narrower archways to form a screen with exposed timber-framing and rendered panels above. Nave roof has arch-braced collar and tie-beam trusses alternating with arch-braced collar trusses. There are two tiers of cusped wind-braces and moulded wall- plates. Chancel roof is similar but only has arch-braced collar trusses.

There is a C19 cusped ogee-arched arcaded rood screen with linenfold panel- ling. The font is probably C14 and has an octagonal bowl with curved under- sides on an octagonal stem and C19 base. The four-sided timber pulpit is C19.

In the nave are some C16 pews with trefoiled heads to the bench-ends.

Memorials: there is an early C19 memorial with a swan-necked pediment and fluted pilasters in the nave to Mary Watkins, died 1801, by Richard Burgoyne with addition at base to John Watkins, died 1891, by R Davies. Also memorials to Elizabeth Watkins, died 1846, and William Watkins, died 1833 (possibly also by R Davies). Floor-slab in nave to Thomas James, died 1713?. (RCHM, III, p 74-5, item 1; BoE, p 198).

Listing NGR: SO2494653380

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This is part of the Series: IOE01/1959 IOE Records taken by Alan Stoyel; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

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© Mr Alan Stoyel. Source: Historic England Archive

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