Church Of St Thomas A Becket And Remains Of Beauchief Abbey Church

SHEFFIELD

SK38SW BEAUCHIEF ABBEY LANE 784-1/9/66 (East side) 01/05/52 Church of St Thomas a Becket and remains of Beauchief Abbey Church (Formerly Listed as: BEAUCHIEF DRIVE (East side) Church of St Thomas a Becket & remains of Beauchief Abbey Church)

GV II*

Remains of Premonstratensian abbey, now a church. c1175 and 1662, restored C19. Founded as an abbey by Robert Fitzranulph, dissolved 1536. Church established and remains restored by Edward Pegge. Nave, west tower, and attached remains of walls. Coursed rubble and ashlar with stone slate roofs. EXTERIOR: gabled nave has chamfered plinth and incomplete string course to north. East end has a 4-light pointed arched window with intersecting tracery and hoodmould. South side has a near-central round-headed C12 doorway, reglazed to form a window. Attached to the south-east corner, a 7m length of consolidated wall approx 3m high. Truncated west tower has a moulded plinth, gabled angle buttresses and pyramidal roof behind low parapet. To west, a reglazed early C14, 5-light pointed arch window with rebated reveal and hoodmould. Below, moulded Early English style doorway, its shafts missing, with C20 double doors and glazing bar overlight. To north, a reset C12 moulded doorway. To south, reset moulded C14 doorway, 3 orders. Tower north side has an ogee headed doorway with ogee hoodmould and finial. East side has a large pointed arched window with moulded head, covered by the nave. INTERIOR has strutted queen post roof, C19. To west, double chamfered tower arch with clustered piers and chamfered responds. Cross beam ceiling under the tower. C17 box pews, panelled octagonal oak pulpit with reading desk and clerk's pew below. C19 octagonal font. Early C19 round-headed psalm board with coat of arms. Mid C19 stained glass window. Memorials include marble and slate tablet with figure, 1846, by Henry Weekes to Elizabeth Burnell. Pedimented marble and slate tablets, 1679 and 1774. Beauchief Abbey is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Yorkshire: The West Riding: London: 1967-: 475-6; Beauchief Abbey - a short history & description: Robinson HC: Sheffield).

Listing NGR: SK3334381923