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Summary

The church was built in 1882, as a chapel of ease, by R M Fulford.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1106479: ASHILL CHURCH

Other References/Statuses

• Church of England HER: 4940

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CHURCH (Built, XIX - 1882 AD to 1882 AD)

Full description

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

Historic England, 2017, National Heritage List for England, 1106479 (National Heritage List for England). SDV359963.

Built in 1882 to designs by R M Fulford. Red brick in Flemish bond with Ham Hill stone dressings; tiled roof, the chancel with crested ridge tiles. Plan: nave, south porch, chancel; bellcote at east apex of nave gable wall above chancel arch; hall to north, set transeptally, is divided from the church by a removable internal glazed partition. Exterior. South side: porch set well to the west, under catslide, but with 3-bay front, the central chamfered entrance arch under small gable, and flanked by 2- light square-headed windows set high under eaves. Nave south wall with a set of triple and double trefoil-headed lancets with buttress between. Chancel with single and paired lancets. Stone bellcote with pyramidal roof and trefoil-headed openings to west and east, the whole corbelled out over nave east gable wall. 3-light Decorated east window, with diagonal buttresses to east wall. West end with triple lancets under brick superordinate window arch. Clasping buttresses. North side: transeptally placed hall, the roof half-hipped, treated with a variety of window types, and a tall external stack to the east. Lancets to nave and chancel. Interior: nave of 4 bays; double-chamfered chancel arch. Roof principals scissor- braced with arched brace collars. Low chancel screen and contemporary chancel furniture and nave benches; sanctuary with tiled floor and dado. Patterned glass survives throughout, probably by Drake. Half-glazed vertically-sliding partition between nave and hall. Summary: a carefully organised design successfully integrating secular and ecclesiastical components, with imaginative use of materials and attention to detailing, all done on a limited budget. A good example of this important C19 Devon architect's work.
Date first listed: 15th April 1987.

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