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Summary

Parish church of the former parish of blackborough. Dedicated to all saints. Rebuilt in 1838 (hoskins).

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST00NE/17

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• PARISH CHURCH (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))

Full description

Clements, H. A., Report on Buildings at Risk in the Devon Part of the Blackdown Hills, 19, 55, 108 (Report - non-specific). SDV344049.

Risk level 1. Unoccupied. Very bad condition (B.A.R 1.1.1). Other details: Photo.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV148.

All saints church + grave yard shown on os 25" (1880) map are no longer present on modern os maps. A level platform is visible on 1999 aph (os).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV177625.

West tower has modern spire. Built by the last earl of egremont (pevsner).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV335.

Parish church of the former parish of blackborough. Dedicated to all saints. Rebuilt in 1838 (hoskins).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV55523.

Hoskins, w. G. /devon/(1954)418.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV55524.

Pevsner, n. /the buildings of england: south devon/(1952)54.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV55525.

Chalk, e. S. /tda/42(1910)347-348/the manors, parish and churches of blackborough.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV55526.

Nmr=st00ne19 ref-nbr=stoone/88995/photos + architectural plan in nbr/().

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV55527.

Des=os 25"(1880).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV55528.

Aph=1999 68-325.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Ordnance Survey, 2010, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV344030.

Chuch demolished. Not shown on modern mapping.

English Heritage, 2015, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV357602.

Parish Church of All Hallows.
Built 1838 by the Earl of Egremont to designs by James Knowles, senior, the architect of Blackborough House and the Grosvenor Hotel, London. Plastered brick; dry slate roof with red crested ridge tiles; shingle spire (of 1897, replacing an earlier one). Plan. West tower and spire. nave, sanctuary with flanking buttresses. Exterior Battlemented tower of 5 stages, with set-back buttresses attached to corner pilasters; triple lancets to belfry, double lancet to west above moulded doorway. The tower is flanked by polygonal stair turrets that serve the west gallery. North and south sides identical, 4 bays, simple lancet to each bay with parapet and corbel table, and large polygonal corner turrets with spirelets. Shallow chancel with triple lancets to east. Lean-to vestries with east lancet to each. Interior: undivided nave and chancel of 4 bays; unadorned sanctuary arch with text above. Windows with hoodmoulds connected to form a continuous string course. Boarded, canted roof, the principals with collar and crown post, with tall wall struts resting on stone corbels. West doorway (in ceiled tower arch) with royal coat of arms in tympanum. Fittings and furnishings: west gallery with panelled front; reredos, 4 stone arches with foliated capitals; polygonal wooden pulpit with trefoil-headed arch to each facet; font; a stone tub with intersecting arches and text around lip. Openwork screen of 1936. Summary: a competant pre-Ecclesiological interior; the exterior is tightly organised and occupies a prominent position below the summit of Blackborough Common, and is a conspicuous landmark for miles around.

Historic England, 2016, Parish Church of All Hallows, Kentisbeare (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV359958.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4580 - Buildings at Risk Survey

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