Church of St Nicholas
CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, RINGMORE ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1269163
- Date first listed:
- 30-Jun-1949
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Nicholas
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, RINGMORE ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1269163
- Date first listed:
- 30-Jun-1949
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Nicholas
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, RINGMORE ROAD
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 NICHOLAS, RINGMORE ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Teignbridge (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Shaldon
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 92389 72316
Details
SHALDON
SX9272 RINGMORE ROAD, Ringmore 25-1/6/24 (North side) 30/06/49 Church of St Nicholas
II
Parish church. C13 origin, largely rebuilt 1622; recorded as being remodelled by 1790 when north wall rebuilt and church extended 9m towards the river; some C19 alteration, but substantially renovated in 1903 when it was designated as a chapel of ease and St Peter's Church (qv) was built in Shaldon. MATERIALS: red sandstone rubble, slate roof. PLAN: Rectangular with south porch and vestry to the north. EXTERIOR: the C13 east end has 5 splayed lancet windows, graduated from the taller centre. North wall with 2 pointed arched windows. One lancet window to west end. West end has one lancet and 2 pointed arched windows to right. INTERIOR: rere-arch to east window with small red sandstone voussoirs over larger freestone voussoirs and plain splayed reveals. Plaster stripped off to interior, revealing C13 rubble masonry to south and west, with quoins of medieval window to east of south wall, and medieval masonry to west window and west of south wall; rere-arches to all other openings are C19/early C20. Approx 1m high Devon marble lining to the sanctuary partly obscures a piscina to the right. c1903 5-bay planked roof with boxed-in trusses and black and white marble floor. FITTINGS: include the bowl of a Saxon or early Norman font reclaimed from the churchyard when the font of 1620 was disposed of in 1881. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Cherry B: Devon: London: 1989-: 801).
Listing NGR: SX9238972316
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 461043
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Cherry, B, The Buildings of England: Devon, (1989), 801
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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