Church of St Bartholomew
CHURCH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW, LONDON ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1113513
- Date first listed:
- 14-Dec-1978
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Bartholomew
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW, LONDON ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1113513
- Date first listed:
- 14-Dec-1978
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Bartholomew
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW, LONDON 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:
- CHURCH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW, LONDON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Reading (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 73563 73345
Details
LONDON ROAD 1. 5128 (South Side) Church of St Bartholomew SU 7373 8/521 II GV 2. Church of England 1879. Chiefly interesting as Alfred Waterhouse's first and possibly only large-scale essay in Church building . Gothic. On corner of Palmer Park. 5 bay aisled nave. Red brick with grey brick decoration (eg cross in west gable) and bands. Ashlar plinth and recessed reveals. Tiled roof. West front has central entrance with stepped triplet in pointed recess above it and a double belfry. West porch to north of aisle a later addition (1920 by Sir Ninian Comper) with ashlar ogee entrance flanked by shield panels representing St Bartholomew's flaying knives and St Peter's keys) and topped by canopied niche with statue of St Bartholomew. Interior: wide bay arcades on low columns; whitewash now obscures polychromy of brickwork which was exposed inside as well as out. Tie beam roof. 3 bay aisled chancel 1902-05 (see rainwater heads) by G F Bodley with decorated windows - chancel added with Waterhousets consent. Panelled waggon roof.
Listing NGR: SU7356373345
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 39023
- 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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