Church Of St Augustine

SUMMERS STREET, SU 18 NW SWINDON Even Swindon 1/163 Church of St Augustine 17.2.70 II

Anglican parish church. 1907, by W.A.H. Masters. Red brick with interlocking red tile roof. Nave and apse with north vestry and bellcote. South west porch. North European Romanesque style. Round-headed lancets between short pilasters. Above, triple lancet within shallow brick arches; brick corbel table over. Apse polygonal with Lombardic arcading in slightly recessed panels. Vestry with round east end. Pitched roof to bellcote between apse and vestry. Interior: Wide nave of 6 bays expressed as wall arcades. Pilasters carrying open double purlin roof on bracketed queen posts. Raised choir within body of church enclosed with wrought iron railings, with salient pulpit and lectern. Railed sanctuary in apse. Font, limestone, arcaded in Romanesque style with 10 personified virtues. Glass, some stained of 1931-2. In west one-and-a-half bays, late C20 screen enclosing ceiled hall. A successful design.

Listing NGR: SU1385385307