Church of St Philip
CHURCH OF ST PHILIP, CHURCH ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1205324
- Date first listed:
- 31-Mar-1992
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST PHILIP, CHURCH ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1205324
- Date first listed:
- 31-Mar-1992
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST PHILIP, CHURCH ROAD
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST PHILIP, CHURCH ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Wolverhampton (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 89581 96979
Details
WOLVERHAMPTON
SO89NE CHURCH ROAD, Pennfields
895-1/4/107 (North side)
Church of St Philip
II
Church. 1858-9. By Griffin and Weller of Wolverhampton.
Rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings; tile roofs. Decorated
Gothic style. Chancel with north vestry and south organ loft;
nave with transepts and lean-to aisles; south west tower.
Coped gables. Chancel has 5-light east window with 2-light
window under gablet to south; gabled vestry has end stack and
pointed entrance, 2-light windows to west and east; lean-to
organ loft has 3-light windows to south and east. 3-bay north
aisle has 3-light windows between offset buttresses, 3-light
west window; nave has 4-light window and gable cross, angle
buttresses; 2-bay south aisle has 3-light windows. 3-stage
tower has plinth, octagonal south west stair turret, angle
buttresses; south entrance of one order, 2-light west window,
clock face to 2nd stage, top stage has 2-light louvred bell
openings, drip course with angle spouts and coped parapet.
INTERIOR: arch-braced traceried collar trusses on corbels;
chancel has 2-bay arcades on marble shafts paired in depth,
sanctuary stencilled below cornice, traceried panelling to
reredos, geometrical floor tiles, chancel arch on angel
corbels with vine trail to jambs; 4-bay north arcade and 3-bay
south arcade on filleted quatrefoil piers with rich foliage
capitals; stone floor with pierced slabs for heating. Chancel
stalls have plain fronts, commandment boards flank altar;
richly carved octagonal pulpit on marble shafts has panels
with relief figures, reading desk has blind arcading to front
and side; enriched round font. Good C19 glass; west and east
windows with geometrical designs. The pews are among the
latest having been installed in an Anglican church.
A good example of a mid C19 church, advanced in design.
(Deaville M: The Parish of Penn Fields: Its Church and People
1859-1981: Wolverhampton: 1981-: P.3-5).
Listing NGR: SO8958196979
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 378356
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Deaville, M, The Parish of Penn Fields Its Church and People 1859-1981, (1981), 3 5
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