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| HER Number: | 1570 |
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| Name: | CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS: HIGH ST; BLOXWICH |
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Summary
1874-7 by Davies & Middleton, encasing part of church of 1794. Brick with slate roof. W tower, nave with clerestory, N & S aisles, S porch, lower chancel & N vestry.
Monument Type(s):
- CHURCH (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- CEMETERY (Post Medieval - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
| Local Authority: | Walsall |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 9975 0191 |
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| Map: | Show location on Streetmap |
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| Designation: | Listed Building (II) 1076400: Church of All Saints HIGH STREET Bloxwich |
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Description
1874-7 by Davies & Middleton, encasing part of church of 1794. Brick with slate roof. W tower, nave with clerestory, N & S aisles, S porch, lower chancel & N vestry. Tower has triple lancet bell openings, pyramid roof set back behind parapet raised at corners, clock faces, with paired lancets below on W side. W doorway has pointed arch. To N & S of tower lean-to projections, each with paired lancets above pointed doorway. Aisles of 5 bays, have 2 tiers of paired sandstone lancets within brick openings. Clerestory windows are triple lancets. S porch has pointed doorway. Chancel 1 bay to S has 3-light E window with sandstone plate tracery. Int: 5-bay nave arcades have pointed arches of exposed brick, red sandstone round piers with foliated capitals. N & S galleries timber fronts with blind arcading. Roof arch-braced collar trusses. Chancel arch pointed of exposed brick. Chancel has piscina & triple sedilia. Pulpit & font are painted, prob of artificial stone, in gothic. Windows contain some LC19 glass. (1) (2) (3) (4)
<1> DoE, 1986, 3/52 (DoE Statutory List). SBL3950.
<2> Cave, A. and Marsh G. R., 1985, Buildings of Interest in Walsall Borough (Bibliographic reference). SBL5488.
<3> Pevsner Nikolaus, 1974, Buildings of England: Staffordshire, 294 (Bibliographic reference). SBL5243.
<4> Homeshaw EJ, 1955, The Story of Bloxwich (Bibliographic reference). SBL5119.
Sources and Further Reading
| [1] | SBL3950 - DoE Statutory List: DoE. 1986. 3/52. |
| [2] | SBL5488 - Bibliographic reference: Cave, A. and Marsh G. R.. 1985. Buildings of Interest in Walsall Borough. WAMBC. |
| [3] | SBL5243 - Bibliographic reference: Pevsner Nikolaus. 1974. Buildings of England: Staffordshire. 294. |
| [4] | SBL5119 - Bibliographic reference: Homeshaw EJ. 1955. The Story of Bloxwich. |
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