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HER Number:MDV89516
Name:CHURCH OF ST CATHERINE

Summary

The parish church was built in 1846 by John Hayward.

Location

Grid Reference:SS 908 126
Map Sheet:SS91SW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishTiverton
DistrictMid Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishTIVERTON

Protected Status

Other References/Statuses

  • Church of England HER: 5051

Monument Types: none recorded

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 2017, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359962.


Historic England, 2017, National Heritage List for England, 1384723 (National Heritage List for England). SDV359963.

Parish church. 1846 by John Hayward of Exeter. Local rubble walls with freestone dressings; steep dry slate roofs with coped gables with moulded kneelers; stone bellcote with single bell, over left-hand gable. STYLE: Middle Pointed style. PLAN: chancel with north vestry and nave with south porch. MATERIALS: windows have trefoil-headed lights, the 2-light nave windows and the 4-light chancel window with quatrefoil tracery, multiple light windows with hoodmoulds with varied head stops. 4-bay nave; 1-bay chancel with weathered buttresses dividing bays. Porch (2nd bay) has moulded pointed-arched doorway; inner doorway with pair of original ledged and braced oak doors. INTERIOR: has arch-braced roof structure, now partly hidden by later ceiling; plastered walls with dressed stone reararches. FITTINGS: include pine pews with panelled and moulded square ends; round freestone font with traceried bowl carried on centre pier and 4 polished stone shafts; octagonal pulpit with V-jointed boards, and choir stall with Gothic tracery. HISTORY: John Hayward of Exeter was the leading local practitioner of Gothic Revival church building in the County of Devon from the 1840s to the 1860s. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: 1989-: 915).
Date first listed: 18th June 1988.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV359962Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2017. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #109074 ]
SDV359963National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2017. National Heritage List for England. Historic Houses Register. Digital. 1384723.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Dec 7 2017 12:11PM