Church of St. Firmin
Church of St. Firmin, High Street
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1289229
- Date first listed:
- 17-Nov-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St. Firmin
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St. Firmin, High Street
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1289229
- Date first listed:
- 17-Nov-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St. Firmin
- Statutory Address 1:
- Church of St. Firmin, High Street
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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. Firmin, High Street
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- North Crawley
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 92686 44649
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 5 February 2024 to remove of superfluous source details from text and to reformat the text to current standards
SP 94 SW
6/116
NORTH CRAWLEY
HIGH STREET south side
Church of St. Firmin
17.11.66
I
Parish Church. Stone with bold mouldings, well carved gargoyles, battlemented parapets and lead roofs. West tower and nave circa 1100, south aisle about 1210, chancel rebuilt 1290, north aisle early C14, screen late C14-early C15, the roofs C15 and clerestory late C15. Chancel has two late Early English windows each side, east window similar three-light. Double piscina Early English. Roof C15. Chancel screen, timber, eight bays with much original painting, fan vaulted head, tracery and painted figures of kings and bishops in lower panelling, two in each bay. Nave: south arcade five bays, octagonal piers, carved caps. North arcade four bays with piers of clustered shafts, moulded caps and bases. Five three-light windows to clerestory. Nave roof: panelled with moulded beams and elaborate bosses and angels on junctions. Trusses supported on tall brackets formed of carved figures. Twelve Apostles standing on peacocks, six each side. C15. Similar roof in chancel.
Font: Early English, octagonal. Cover castellated wood made by T.L. 1640. Front of nave early C16 pews. Box pews mostly C18, a few C17. C18 pulpit and Royal Arms. Brass, and wall monument on north wall of chancel to Elizabeth Giffard 1687, Other C17 and C18 monuments. Tower: four stages, Decorated bell chamber with large decorated windows. Battlemented parapet. Norman below.
Listing NGR: SP9268644648
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 397596
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume Two North, (1913)
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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