Tower Of Former Church Of St Thomas A Becket

ETTINGTON

SP24NE STRATFORD ROAD 1912-1/7/76 (North East side) 02/08/72 Tower of former Church of St Thomas a Becket (Formerly Listed as: ETTINGTON Tower of St Thomas Beckett's Church)

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Tower to Church of St Thomas a Becket's. 1795-8; by Thomas Johnson; remainder of church demolished 1913. Blue lias limestone ashlar with sandstone ashlar dressings; pyramidal stone slate roof. EXTERIOR: 2-stage tower with small side projections. Plat band over lower stage and top cornice. Pointed arched entrance has stepped arch and grille over paired 3-panel doors; panel above. Upper stage has bell opening with 4-centred head to each face, those to sides retaining Y-tracery. Each projection has hipped roof, partly destroyed, and pointed window with grille, panel above and top cornice. INTERIOR: not inspected. HISTORY: the church replaced that of Holy Trinity near Ettington Park (qv), partly ruined, and was in turn replaced by the present church of Holy Trinity and St Thomas of Canterbury (qv) in 1903. Now part of private garden. Graveyard retains headstones and large monument on site of Shirley graves. (Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Warwickshire: Harmondsworth: 1966-: 291; Victoria County Histories: Styles P: Victoria History of the County of Warwickshire: 1949-: 82).

Listing NGR: SP2654149282