Church Of St Dubricius

ST DEVEREUX CP - SO 43 SW 2/47 Church of St Dubricius 26.1.67 II*

Parish church. C13 nave, C14 west tower and late C14 chancel; mid- to late C19 restoration. Sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings; C20 concrete tiled roof. West tower, nave with south porch and chancel. West tower of three stages with upper stages markedly offset above ground stage, plain parapet, square headed loop to west side of ground stage, pointed head to loop on second stage above, two trefoil-headed lights to 2-centred arch headed opening to each side of bell stage. Nave: largely restored lancet to left with similar window and further window with two trefoil-headed lights with quatrefoil in roundel to right of C19 gabled timber-framed porch and 2-centred arched headed doorway with chamfered jambs. The north wall has one 2-light C19 window to right of blocked north doorway and a single lancet and a 2-light C13 window to the left. Chancel: square headed windows with two trefoiled ogee headed lights flank late C15 or early C16 doorway with chamfered jambs and 4-centred head. There are two similar windows to the north side. Restored C14 east window with three trefoiled ogee headed lights with tracery and a 2-centred head. Interior: C15 or C16 font with octagonal bowl and splayed underside. Octagonal stem and square base. C14 piscina in chancel with chamfered and rebated 2-centred head, damaged quatrefoiled bowl. Tomb recesses in north and south walls of nave with low segmental pointed arches. Monuments: on west wall, Thomas Goode, died 1664, with coat of arms, cherub heads and scrolled bolection mould surround. Ann Goode, 1668, with figure and cherub heads and scrolled bolection mould surround. The church contains many other, mostly C19, memorials to Goode family in chancel. (RCHM, Vol I, p 223 -224; BoE, p 283-284).

Listing NGR: SO4408931220