Parish Church of St Decuman
PARISH CHURCH OF ST DECUMAN, BRENDON ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1057662
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jun-1950
- List Entry Name:
- Parish Church of St Decuman
- Statutory Address:
- PARISH CHURCH OF ST DECUMAN, BRENDON ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1057662
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jun-1950
- List Entry Name:
- Parish Church of St Decuman
- Statutory Address 1:
- PARISH CHURCH OF ST DECUMAN, BRENDON ROAD
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.
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- PARISH CHURCH OF ST DECUMAN, BRENDON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Watchet
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 06498 42709
Details
BRENDON ROAD 1. 5366 Parish church of St Decuman ST 0642 3/1 12.6.50 I GV
2. C13 Chancel, otherwise mainly C15. Stands back from Brendon Road on a prominent site overlooking the town. Restored and reseated by J P St Aubyn in 1886-91, further internal alterations in 1896 when the Caen stone reredos erected. Local grey squared random stonework, Chancel rendered. Slate roofs with ridge tiles. Church consists of tower, Chancel, nave of 3 bays, aisles, 2 side chapels and south porch. West tower in 3 stages, set-back buttresses, higher stair turret, battlements. Four-light west window, 3-light bell openings with transom and tracery. Small statue in niche on south side of tower probably depicting St Decuman. North aisle embattled with quatrefoils in the crenelations, embattled rood stair turret, four 3-light windows. East window, 3-light with bar tracery. South aisle has four 3-light windows with tracery. South porch with C15 doorway, floor in chessboard pattern of slates set on edge. Interior has finely carved wagon-roofs with leaftrail carving running along wall plates relieved by array of shield bearing angels. Angels with emblems of the passion to south aisle roof. Decorated roof bosses. Carved oak rood screen with 4-light divisions, main arches divided into 2-light sub-arches. Jacobean oak pulpit with tester, Wyndham family pew with finely carved foliage and date 1688. Wyndham Chapel at east end of north aisle contains good C16 and C17 family memorials. C15 octagonal font, plain bowl with narrow moulding above and below supported on carved angels, stem ornamented with panels. Late medieval encaustic tiles to chancel floor relaid in 1896, others set in a frame on north aisle wall. Large ledgerstone to Thomas Wyndham (died 1671) in chancel, reads: "Here lies Beneath this Ragged Stone One more His Princes than his own And in his marterd Fathers warrs Lost Fortune Blood Gained Nought but scarrs And for his sufferings as rewarde His neather countinence or regard And Earth affording noe release is gone to Heavon to ease his Greefe".
Listing NGR: ST0649842708
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 264603
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
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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