Church of St Dunstan is a Grade II* listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 July 1964. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Dunstan
- WRENN ID
- rough-chalk-curlew
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 July 1964
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Dunstan is a parish church with origins dating back to the 13th century, featuring details from the 14th century and primarily 15th-century elements. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings and comprises a chancel, north vestry, nave, south porch, and west tower. The chancel has 13th-century origins but has been reworked; it includes a south door with a pointed head and a 15th-century lowside window. The northeast and southeast windows are likely from the 16th century, while the east window was added in the 19th century. The north vestry was also added in the 19th century. A mid-14th-century pointed chancel arch leads into the nave, which features 15th-century elements, including a blocked doorway on the north wall flanked by cinquefoiled three-light windows with tracery and embattled transoms at half height. The south wall has two similar windows and one in a 14th-century style, all with 19th-century tracery. The south porch, built in the 15th century, has an outer doorway with a two-centred head. The four-stage tower, also from the 15th century, has diagonal buttresses and pairs of two-light windows at the top stage, with a west doorway surmounted by a restored three-light window featuring 15th-century tracery. The tower and nave are topped with embattled parapets.
Inside, there is an octagonal font in the nave and remains of a painting of St. Christopher on the north wall. The nave's northeast corner contains marble wall monuments from 1707 and 1727. The screen is from the 15th century but has been much restored, and there is some 16th-century pewing. A fragment of 15th-century glass in the northeast window depicts the Virgin. The east window, added in 1853, is initialed by W. Holland of Warwick, and the organ case is by Pugin. The chancel roof dates from the 19th century, while the nave roof was restored in the 17th century.
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