All Saints Church
ALL SAINTS CHURCH, CHURCH PLACE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1209349
- Date first listed:
- 18-Jan-1967
- List Entry Name:
- All Saints Church
- Statutory Address:
- ALL SAINTS CHURCH, CHURCH PLACE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1209349
- Date first listed:
- 18-Jan-1967
- List Entry Name:
- All Saints Church
- Statutory Address 1:
- ALL SAINTS CHURCH, CHURCH PLACE
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:
- ALL SAINTS CHURCH, CHURCH PLACE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Freshwater
- National Grid Reference:
- SZ 34704 87305
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 26/09/2012
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18/01/67
FRESHWATER
CHURCH PLACE
All Saints Church
II*
Parish church. This may contain the remains of a Saxon 2 cell
church but the nave arcades are late C12, the windows are C13
and the tower is C15, the whole much restored 1872-4. Built of
Isle of Wight stone rubble with tiled roof. Nave and aisles
with west tower and chancel with north and south chapels.
Central west tower with C13 arched doorway and window below
and giant arch supporting upper part of the tower which is
C15, crenellated, with corner stone finials. South aisle has 4
windows, mainly double lancets with quatrefoils over. C19
gabled south porch with kneelers, cross-shaped saddlestone and
arched doorcase. South chapel has 1 double pointed arched
window. North aisle has 4 windows, mainly double lancets, with
quatrefoil and plain lancet at the end. Gabled north porch and
gabled north vestry. C19 chancel with 3 double lancets with
trefoils. Interior has late Norman nave of 3 bays having
cylindrical piers and square abaci with slight chamfer of
c.1200, lengthened by 1 bay in C13. The transept responds are
also of c.1200. C19 roof of arch braced type. Nave has C17
marble wall plaque with skull above and coat of arms and 2
Georgian wall plaques. Coat of Arms of Queen Victoria 1857
over North porch. Aisles have C19 scissor-braced roof. South
aisle has late C14 Compton brass, Knight with lion. South
chapel has late C13 tomb recess, cusped with pierced
quatrefoiled circles. Chancel, which was extended in 1872-4
has Victorian roof of arch-braced type. Memorial to Alfred
Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) who is buried in Westminster Abbey.
(Pevsner: B.O.E. Hampshire and the Isle of Wight: 744).
Listing NGR: SZ3470487305
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 393063
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, (1967), 744
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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