Church of St Bartholomew
CHURCH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1307395
- Date first listed:
- 25-Jan-1956
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Bartholomew
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1307395
- Date first listed:
- 25-Jan-1956
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Bartholomew
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW
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 BARTHOLOMEW
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Oake
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 15255 25179
Details
OAKE CP ST12NE OAKE VILLAGE Church of St Bartholonew 2/81 25.1.56 II* GV Parish church. C13-C14, C15 2-storey porch became base of tower, upper stage added, cl535 6-light window inserted in nave, porch said to be dated 1601, church reseated 1840, chancel roof rebuilt 1850, restored 1875 and 1911 when base oftower became vestry. Red sandstone random rubble, red sandstone dressings, Ham stone for imported window and C19 alterations, slate roofs, coped verges. Chancel, south-east chapel, south tower with vestry, south-west porch, 2-bay nave. Crenellated 2-stage tower, 2-light trefoil headed louvred bell-opening, 2-light window above pointed arch opening blocked with inserted 4-centred arch doorway with 2 small glazed openings above, abutting right two 2-light windows,3-light east end, moulded 4-centred arch priest's door, 2-light window in south wall of chancel, 3-light east end,2-light north front, buttressed nave, 6-light Perpendicular window said to have come from Taunton Priory after the church was dissolved in 1536 and inserted back to front, 3-light west window, buttressed single storey porch with pierced quatrefoil frieze, Perpendicular moulded arch opening with colonettes, inner doorway Tudor arch head double roll moulded, tower abutting to east. Interior: roughcast, exposed jambs, and section of random rubble wall in south-east corner. Two bay arcade to chapel, octagonal piers with scratch moulded capitals, arches chamfered in 2 orders. C19 barrel vault to nave which according to Kelly's Directory in 1914 contained a fine C14 oak roof above; C19 ceiled barrel vault to chapel, Trefoil headed piscina in chancel, C19 half-glazed double doors to vestry. C17 octagonal wooden pulpit, C19 wooden lectern and pews; circular font on stem and circular base, possibly Saxon. (Photograph in NMR: Pevsner Buildings of England, South and West Somerset, 1958).
Listing NGR: ST1525525179
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 271031
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: South and West Somerset, (1958)
Kelly's Directory in Kelly's Directory, (1914)
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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