Church of the Holy Name
CHURCH OF THE HOLY NAME
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1142944
- Date first listed:
- 22-Nov-1960
- List Entry Name:
- Church of the Holy Name
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF THE HOLY NAME
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1142944
- Date first listed:
- 22-Nov-1960
- List Entry Name:
- Church of the Holy Name
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF THE HOLY NAME
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 THE HOLY NAME
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Boyton
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 32002 92047
Details
BOYTON SX 39 SW 5/12 Church of the Holy Name
22.11.60
GV II*
Parish church. Circa C14 origins restored in 1876-7 probably by J.P. St Aubyn. Stone rubble with moulded plinths. Slate roof, nave and chancel in one. Plan: Early Norman font and piscina possibly early C13 (Sedding). Lower part of tower circa early C14 and 5-bay south aisle circa C15. Tower partly rebuilt 1692-4 (datestone) and church restored in 1876-7. Exterior: West tower of 3 stages with battlemented parapet and octagonal turrets. Carved slate stone on tower records that William Symmons of Bradridge (died 1692) gave £100 towards the building of the tower. Circa late C19 window inserted in west door. 2-light belfry openings with slate louvers. 3-light C15 Perpendicular tracery to nave, chancel and south aisle with C19 Perpendicular tracery towards west end of north wall and at west end of south aisle. Circa C16 arch to south porch with C18 sundial above and moulded 2-centred arch to south door. Interior: Plastered walls. Circa C15 waggon roofs with moulded ribs and carved bosses; east end of south aisle nave, elaborate with carved ribs. 5-bay C15 south aisle arcade with type A (Pevsner) piers and segmental granite arches. Circa late C15 or early C16 remains of chancel screen. Early Norman font (illustrated by Sedding) and crude possibly C13 piscina. Carved soffits of lintels above south aisle windows probably original and insitu. C19 furnishings. Painted timber Coat of Arms of Lovis family (qv Beardon) with motto 'Love is good if in the Lord'. Memorials including those to Richard Jenn of Westcott, 1795 and W. Symmons of Bradridge 1692. Several C18 and C19 headstones and ledger stones reset against outer south aisle wall. Pevsner, N. and Radcliffe, E. The Buildings of England, Cornwall, 2nd edition 1970. Sedding, E.H. Norman Architecture in Cornwall, 1909.
Listing NGR: SX3200292047
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 67901
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Sedding, H, Norman Architecture in Cornwall: A Handbook to Old Cornish Ecclesiastical Architecture, (1909)
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds, (1970)
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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