Description

SE 81 SE AMCOTTS CHURCH STREET
(south side)

5/2 Church of St Mark
(formerly listed as
Church of St Thomas a
1.3.67 Becket)

GV II

Parish church. 1853. Rock-faced ashlar with rusticated and tooled ashlar
dressings. Welsh slate roofs. West tower with octagonal stair turret to
south-east angle, 4-bay nave with south porch and 2-bay chancel with vestry
adjoining north side. Chamfered plinth. 2-stage tower: diagonal buttresses
with offsets. Tall first stage with pointed 2-light Y-traceried west window
with hoodmould, similar window above; shouldered-arched door to stair turret
with single-light window above. Moulded string course. Belfry has banded
angle shafts, single lancets with hoodmoulds and wooden louvres, clock face
to west, dentilled moulded eaves cornice. Splay-footed octagonal spire with
plain finial and weathercock. Nave: diagonal buttresses and buttresses
between bays with offsets; lancets with hoodmoulds. Porch: pointed
chamfered outer arch with hoodmould, flanked by buttresses. Pointed
chamfered inner arch. Chancel: diagonal buttresses, lancets with
hoodmoulds, pointed 3-light east window with stepped lancets and hoodmould,
small pointed oval light above. All windows have rock-faced rusticated
jambs, tooled mullions and reveals. Dentilled eaves cornice and coped
gables throughout, with cross finials to nave and porch. Interior. Pointed
double-chamfered tower and chancel arches, with corbelled inner order and
continuous outer chamfer. 4-bay single hammer-beam nave roof with corbelled
wall posts, moulded arch braces and slender timbers. Polygonal font with
moulded shaft.

Listing NGR: SE8552814125

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26364506

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)