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HER Number:MDV1517
Name:Sheldon, St. James' Church

Summary

Small parish church, with a Norman font and a 15th century tower. The rest was rebuilt in 1871.

Location

Grid Reference:ST 120 086
Map Sheet:ST10NW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishSheldon
DistrictEast Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishSHELDON

Protected Status

Other References/Statuses

  • Church of England HER: 4969
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: ST10NW/2
  • Old Listed Building Ref (II): 87183

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • PARISH CHURCH (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV123224.

Doe/hhr:sheldon/(-/-/1988)provisional list.

Anonymous, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV131716.

St. James, entirely rebuilt in 1871 except for the tower and contains nothing of interest except the norman font (anon).

Department of Environment, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV325917.

Small parish church. Norman font, c15 tower, rest rebuilt in 1871. Tower is local stone rubble with beerstone ashlar detail, rest is flint with membury stone dressings and detail; slate roof. Plan: nave with lower and narrower chancel. No aisles. South porch. West tower. Exterior: c15 west tower of 2 stages, unbuttressed with embattled parapet which includes a beerstone niche on the north side. Belfry windows of different styles. West doorway is blocked and above is 3-light window with perpendicular tracery and plain hood. Rest of church was rebuilt in 1871 and has single and double lancet windows each side and 3-light east window with plate tracery. Gabled south porch has 2-centred outer arch with chamfered surround; similar south door. Interior: mostly dates from 1871. Nave and chancel have boarded roofs carried on open king post trusses with curving collars. Chancel arch is plain ashlar 2-centred arch. Plain tower arch of indeterminate date. Walls are plastered. Floor of flags and tiles, encaustic tiles in chancel. Altar table, altar rail, stalls and benches all pine with a minimu of gothic decoration. Oak rood screen mostly a 1939 rebuild of the original c15 but some of the tracery is original. Pulpit also incorporates some old carved oak. Norman font is beerstone with plain circualr bowl on cylindrical shaft. No monuments (doe).

Ordnance Survey, 2014, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV355681.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV123224Migrated Record:
SDV131716Migrated Record: Anonymous.
SDV325917Migrated Record: Department of Environment.
SDV355681Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2014. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #81471 ]

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Aug 15 2023 6:32PM