Church of St Augustine

CHURCH OF ST AUGUSTINE, SUMMERS STREET

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1023525
Date first listed:
17-Feb-1970
List Entry Name:
Church of St Augustine
Statutory Address:
CHURCH OF ST AUGUSTINE, SUMMERS STREET
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1023525
Date first listed:
17-Feb-1970
List Entry Name:
Church of St Augustine
Statutory Address 1:
CHURCH OF ST AUGUSTINE, SUMMERS STREET

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
CHURCH OF ST AUGUSTINE, SUMMERS STREET

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Swindon (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Central Swindon North
National Grid Reference:
SU 13853 85307

Details

SUMMERS STREET, SU 18 NW SWINDON Even Swindon 1/163 Church of St Augustine 17.2.70 II

Anglican parish church. 1907, by W.A.H. Masters. Red brick with interlocking red tile roof. Nave and apse with north vestry and bellcote. South west porch. North European Romanesque style. Round-headed lancets between short pilasters. Above, triple lancet within shallow brick arches; brick corbel table over. Apse polygonal with Lombardic arcading in slightly recessed panels. Vestry with round east end. Pitched roof to bellcote between apse and vestry. Interior: Wide nave of 6 bays expressed as wall arcades. Pilasters carrying open double purlin roof on bracketed queen posts. Raised choir within body of church enclosed with wrought iron railings, with salient pulpit and lectern. Railed sanctuary in apse. Font, limestone, arcaded in Romanesque style with 10 personified virtues. Glass, some stained of 1931-2. In west one-and-a-half bays, late C20 screen enclosing ceiled hall. A successful design.

Listing NGR: SU1385385307

Legacy

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Legacy System number:
318825
Legacy System:
LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

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