Church of St Boniface
CHURCH OF ST BONIFACE, KNOWLE LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1259835
- Date first listed:
- 20-May-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Boniface
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST BONIFACE, KNOWLE LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1259835
- Date first listed:
- 20-May-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Boniface
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST BONIFACE, KNOWLE LANE
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 BONIFACE, KNOWLE LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Mid Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Copplestone
- National Grid Reference:
- SS7831001506
Details
SS 70 SE
2/111
CREDITON HAMLETS
KNOWLE LANE
(south side)
Church of St Boniface
GV
II
Chapel of Ease, now church. Circa 1870 and later C19. Snecked volcanic stone with
sandstone dressings; red tile roofs with alternate bands of plain and shaped
tiles. Small, gable-ended church facing north comprising taller chancel section,
representing original build, and lower nave and north porch, both apparently added.
Mixed Gothic. Porch at right end of nave has depressed 2-centred segmental arch
and gabled tiled roof with shaped crested ridge tiles. 2 nave windows to left are
2-light wooden casements with square headed sandstone surrounds and chamfered
reveals. Large buttress defines break between nave and chancel and roof steps up
to steeper pitch with coping and chimney stack at apex. Chancel has single
sandstone trefoil-headed lancet and roof has crested ridge-tiles. East end has
sandstone, 2-light window with early Decorated-style tracery and hoodmould. The
gable has kneelers, coping and cross fleury at apex. At west end nave ridge is
extended over small bellcote supported on raking struts. The gable has
bargeboards with blind trefoil tracery which is carried round bellcote.
Plain interior. 3-bay king post roof to nave, 3-bay arch-braced roof to chancel
with undecorated arch between and panelled chancel screen. Minton tiles to
chancel. Original furnishings include pews, pulpit, altar end stalls.
Listing NGR: SS7831001506
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 443822
- 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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