Church of St Mary and St Rhadegund
CHURCH OF ST MARY AND ST RHADEGUND, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1292740
- Date first listed:
- 18-Jan-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary and St Rhadegund
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY AND ST RHADEGUND, HIGH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1292740
- Date first listed:
- 18-Jan-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary and St Rhadegund
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY AND ST RHADEGUND, HIGH STREET
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 MARY AND ST RHADEGUND, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Niton and Whitwell
- National Grid Reference:
- SZ 52177 77773
Details
NITON AND WHITWELL
SZ57NW HIGH STREET, Whitwell
1353-0/6/198 Church of St Mary and St Rhadegund
18/01/67
II*
Parish Church. Unusually built as 2 chapels side by side, St
Rhadegund in C12 and the chapel of the Virgin added c1200. Nave
C12, chancel and south aisle C13, the south aisle widened in
the late C15 or early C16 when the south chapel, south porch
and tower were added and the solid wall between the original
chapels was removed. Interior restored by R J Jones. Built of
Isle of Wight stone rubble with tiled roof, the south porch
with stone slab roof. West tower late C15 or early C16 of 2
stages with angled buttresses. Crenellated parapet. Lower
stage has arched window with hood moulding. South porch also
late C15 or early C16, gabled with stone slab roof, the
interior rib vaulted with stone seat. South aisle has 2 paired
cinquefoil headed windows with drip-moulding and buttress.
Graphite on wall RMN 1589 and carved shield. South chapel has
2 tiers of 2 cinquefoil headed lights. Nave has 3 triple
cinquefoil headed lights with hood moulding and buttresses.
Chancel east window has 2 cinquefoil lancets with hood
moulding and grotesques. Interior has C12 3 bay arcade with
one round-headed and one slightly pointed arch with round
piers; square abaci with chamfered corners. South chapel arch
has a Norman north respond with scalloped capitals. Modern
crown post roofs and barrel vaulted ceilings. Octagonal stone
font. 1623 cherry wood pulpit with blank arches and carved
panels with arabesques above. Chancel has piscina with shelf.
South chapel has C17 wooden altar and piscina.
(Pevsner: B.O.E. Hampshire and the Isle of Wight: 775).
Listing NGR: SZ5217777773
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 392824
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, (1967), 775
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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