Church Of St Paul is a Grade II* listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 June 1954. Church. 3 related planning applications.
Church Of St Paul
- WRENN ID
- secret-bonework-grove
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Southwark
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 June 1954
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SOUTHWARK
TQ3274 HERNE HILL 636-1/14/424 (East side) 30/06/54 Church of St Paul
GV II*
Church. 1858. By Street. Coursed rubble with ashlar quoins and dressings; pitched slate roof. A rebuilding by Street of a church of 1843-4, damaged by fire, by G Alexander, built by Holland and Hannen. STYLE: Early English. PLAN: long 5-bay nave and western Perpendicular tower part of original church; side aisles with lean-to roofs. Slightly lower chancel as east extension of nave, with extensions to north as vestry, to south as organ chamber. EXTERIOR: tower with stepped corner buttresses has entrance beneath tall traceried window, with twin bell openings above. Spire with flying corner buttresses and pinnacles. Large Decorated stained-glass east window and ground-floor windows with plate tracery; pairs of round windows with quatrefoils to clerestory. Entrance porch in north aisle, 2nd bay from west. INTERIOR: has nave columns with carved crocket capitals; clerestory with trefoil arcading on short marble capitals. Timber arched brace roof to nave. Carved rood screen of 1921; marble and alabaster reredos with carved heads in chancel. Carving by Earp, stained glass (mostly lost in War, some surviving in west windows of aisles) by Hardman. Carved rood screen of 1921.
Listing NGR: TQ3216074583
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