Church of St Stythian
Church of St Stythian, Stithians, TR3 7DJ
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1162143
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jul-1957
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Stythian
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St Stythian, Stithians, TR3 7DJ
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1162143
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jul-1957
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Stythian
- Statutory Address 1:
- Church of St Stythian, Stithians, TR3 7DJ
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 Stythian, Stithians, TR3 7DJ
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Stithians
- National Grid Reference:
- SW 73110 37131
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 30 July 2021 to correct the name and to reformat the text to current standards
SW 73 MW
2/272
STITHIANS
Church of Saint Stedian
10.7.57
GV
II*
Parish church. Base of chancel probably C13, otherwise C15. Restored in the C18 and heavily restored in 1873. Granite ashlar lower and south aisle, otherwise granite rubble with granite dressings. Dry Delabole slate roofs with granite coped gable ends.
Plan: nave/chancel under one roof; C15 west tower; C15 north aisle; C19 north porch and C15 south aisle.
Exterior: complete C15, three-stage embattled and pinnacled west tower except for C19 tracery inserted to three-light window over four-centred arch west doorway. Strings dividing stages and buttresses set back from the corners. C19 clock faces to middle stage. Original three-light traceried louvred windows to upper stage. Apart from the tower, the church had all its windows replaced in the C19. In the north wall are vestiges of a C18 flat arch. There is an ancient carved stone fragment over the east window of the north aisle. In the south wall is a C15 three-centred priest's doorway and a C15 four-centred doorway.
Interior: C15 five bay standard A (Pevsner) north arcade - with two centred arches; C15 six bay south arcade with square piers with engaged shafts and squat four-centred arches. The walls have been stripped of plaster; the roofs are C19 scissor braced.
Listing NGR: SW7311037131
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 66258
- 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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