Church of St Constantine
CHURCH OF ST CONSTANTINE
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1294695
- Date first listed:
- 27-Feb-1964
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Constantine
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST CONSTANTINE
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2002-10-04
- Reference:
- IOE01/01141/30
- Rights:
- © Mr Dave Jones. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1294695
- Date first listed:
- 27-Feb-1964
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Constantine
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST CONSTANTINE
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 CONSTANTINE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Staffordshire
- District:
- Lichfield (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Thorpe Constantine
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 25926 08738
Details
SK 2508 THORPE CONSTANTINE C.P. THORPE CONSTANTINE
12/71 Church of St. Constantine 27.2.64
GV II
Estate church. Mainly 1883, incorporating some medieval, probably C14 material. By J. Oldrid Scott. Ashlar; plain tile roof with coped verges. West tower, 3-bay nave, 2-bay chancel, north-east vestry. Tower: probably C14 with later alterations, 3 stages with plain parapet and recessed stone spire; C19 pointed west doorway of 2 orders on colonettes with stiff leaf capitals, the inner order is hollow chamfered, the outer roll-moulded, hood mould with foliated stops; the second stage has single-light north and south windows with trefoiled heads, pointed belfry lights with Y-tracery and returned hood moulds; the spire has pointed lower lights with Y-tracery and tall crocketed triangular gablets, flanked by gargoyles and surmounted by foliated finials. Nave and chancel: continuous plinth string stepped down from east to west, buttresses to east ends of nave and chancel, the latter are diagonally placed; pointed windows with cusped Y-tracery and hood moulds, 3-light east window with cusped intersecting tracery; cast iron guttering and rain water heads decorated with foliage and rosettes. Vestry: 2-light transomed north window with trefoiled heads and hood mould, west door with corbelled lintel. Interior: segmental pointed tower arch, probably C14; pointed chancel arch of 2 quarter-round moulded orders, the inner order springs from corbelled responds with moulded capitals; collar and tie beam nave roof with cusped arch braces rising to the collar from stone corbels, central strut between tie beam and collar with cusped up-braces, square-set clasped purlins; blind arcades to north and south walls of chancel, keel moulded shafts with moulded capitals and bases and pointed arches with quarter-round moulding; east window has a cusped rere arch springing from colonettes with moulded capitals and bases; barrel ceiling with foliated bosses over the chancel. Fittings: C19 octagonal marble font.
Listing NGR: SK2592608738
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 272824
- 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.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 04-Jun-2026 at 07:35:46.
Download a full scale map (PDF)© Crown copyright [and database rights] 2026. OS AC0000815036. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100024900.© British Crown and SeaZone Solutions Limited 2026. All rights reserved. Licence number 102006.006.
End of official list entry