Church Of St Edward King Of The West Saxons

PLYMOUTH

SX4957NE CHURCH HILL, Eggbuckland 740-1/29/240 (South West side) 25/01/54 Church of St Edward, King of the West Saxons (Formerly Listed as: EGG BUCKLAND Church of St Edward, King of the West Saxons)

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Parish church. c1430, chancel and N aisle after 1864, 2-storey NE vestry 1907 by TR Kitsell. Slatestone rubble with granite dressings except for 1906 extension of rock-faced Plymouth limestone brought to course; dry slate roofs with coped gable ends and red crested clay ridge tiles; lead roof to vestry; 2 round stacks over N wall. PLAN: C15 nave, W tower, S aisle and porch; C19 N aisle and chancel; 1906 extension at E end of N aisle; 1907 NE vestry. EXTERIOR: C15 traceried 3-light windows to S aisle, 2 C19 single-light cusped windows to S wall of chancel (possibly a copy or based on the design of original chancel windows) C15 windows to tower, otherwise C19 and C20 windows in Perpendicular style. Embattled 3-stage tower has strings dividing stages, buttresses to lower stages and pinnacles of Plymouth type (C19 copies); 2-light slate louvred windows to upper stage; W side also with single light over 3-light window above C15 4-centred arched doorway; stair to NE corner. Porch has C15 4-centred arched doorway and there is a 2-centred arched inner doorway, also there is a narrow C15 4-centred arched priest's doorway in the angle at the E end of the S aisle. INTERIOR: 4-bay arcades of standard A (Pevsner) type and depressed arches; C19 roofs. FITTINGS: C15 octagonal font, the bowl with shields, the pillar with blank arches. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989-: 643).

Listing NGR: SX4979757797