Church of St Bartholomew
Church of St Bartholomew, Oare, Hermitage, Newbury
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1220173
- Date first listed:
- 16-Aug-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Bartholomew
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St Bartholomew, Oare, Hermitage, Newbury
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1220173
- Date first listed:
- 16-Aug-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Bartholomew
- Statutory Address 1:
- Church of St Bartholomew, Oare, Hermitage, Newbury
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, Oare, Hermitage, Newbury
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Chieveley
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 50566 73921
Details
SU 57 SW
5/2
CHIEVELEY
OARE
Church of St. Bartholomew
II
Church. C15, almost completely re-built in Decorated style in 1852, probably by B. Ferrey. Flint with Bath stone dressings and tiled roofs. Gabled bellcote on ridge to west with cusped arched opening. Nave and chancel.
Nave: south doorway with four centered arch, carved spandrels and square hood mould with carved stops. Two-light square headed window to right with hood mould. Buttress at south-east corner.
West end: window of two cusped lights and quatrefoil above, with hood mould. North side with two two-light square headed windows and hood moulds. Central re-set C15 doorway with four-centered arch, carved spandrels and square hood mould. Buttress to north-east.
Chancel: south side with two-light window and hood mould. Three-light east window with panelled tracery and cross on gable above.
Interior: C19 fittings throughout.
Listing NGR: SU5056673921
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 393965
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Ditchfield, P H, Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Berkshire, (1924), 67
Murrays Architectural Guide in Berkshire, (1949), 120
Websites
British Geological Survey, Strategic Stone Study, accessed 5 February 2020 from https://www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/buildingStones/StrategicStoneStudy/EH_atlases.html
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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