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PARISH CHURCH OF ST DECUMAN

PARISH CHURCH OF ST DECUMAN, BRENDON ROAD

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: I
List Entry Number:: 1057662
Date first listed:: 11-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:: 11-Jun-1950
List Entry Name:: PARISH CHURCH OF ST DECUMAN
Statutory Address 1:: PARISH CHURCH OF ST DECUMAN, BRENDON ROAD

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

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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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

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The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 264603
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.