Catholic Church of St Benet's and Adjoining Priest's House
CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ST BENET'S AND ADJOINING PRIEST'S HOUSE, MAIN STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1081650
- Date first listed:
- 02-Dec-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Catholic Church of St Benet's and Adjoining Priest's House
- Statutory Address:
- CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ST BENET'S AND ADJOINING PRIEST'S HOUSE, MAIN STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1081650
- Date first listed:
- 02-Dec-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Catholic Church of St Benet's and Adjoining Priest's House
- Statutory Address 1:
- CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ST BENET'S AND ADJOINING PRIEST'S HOUSE, MAIN STREET
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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:
- CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ST BENET'S AND ADJOINING PRIEST'S HOUSE, MAIN STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Worcestershire
- District:
- Wychavon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Kemerton
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 94916 37374
Details
KEMERTON CP MAIN STREET (north side) SO 9437 - 9537 9/81 Catholic Church of St Benet's and adjoining priest's house - II
Catholic church and adjoining priest's house. Circa 1843 by a partner of Weightman and Hadfield of Sheffield. Limestone ashlar and machine-tiled roofs which have gable-end parapets with cusped gabled finials supporting cast iron cross finials and decorative ridge tiles. Three-bay nave on north/ south axis with east porch, sanctus bellcote and single-bay chancel. Decorated style. Nave: chamfered plinth, diagonal buttresses with offsets at north end and also buttresses at bay divisions in side elevations. Windows have hood- moulds with returns. There is a 3-light north end window and two east side and three west side windows of two lights. The east porch is gabled with end parapet and buttresses. It has a pointed doorway of two chamfered orders and a hoodmould with returns. There is a cusped lancet in the gable apex and also a lancet in each side elevation. Within the porch is a cusped stoup and there is a pointed east doorway. The tall gabled sanctus bellcote has side buttresses, a cross finial and a pointed archway within which hangs a single bell. The chancel has diagonal south end buttresses with offsets, a 3-light south window which has a hoodmould with returns and above it is a cusped pointed niche with an angel corbel at the base and having a crocketted hoodmould on human head corbels. There is a cusped lancet in the east elevation. Interior: pointed chancel arch with semi-octagonal responds. Arch-braced collar truss roof. Original fittings include reredos with traceried arcading, cusped pointed piscina and three-bay sedilia, octagonal stone font and three-sided stone pulpit. Also west organ gallery, organ having cusped open panels articulated by slender pinnacled buttresses and an embattled cornice. Priest's house adjoins west elevation and is linked to the church by a smaller parallel wing. The roof is similarly detailed and has two large ashlar ridge stacks and also a large east side stack. Two storeys. The windows are all mullioned with pointed lights and square heads. The south gable end has a ground floor hipped roof canted bay window and a 3-light first floor window. The south end of the linking wing has a 3-light ground floor window and a 2-light first floor window. In the angle between the house and linking wing is the main entrance which has a flat-roofed porch with a parapet and a chamfered doorway with half-glazed double doors. There is a single-storey service wing at the rear north gable end. [VCH, Vol 8, p 219 (Glos)].
Listing NGR: SO9491637374
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 148534
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Gloucester, (1969), 219
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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