Description

SADBERGE CHURCH VIEW
NZ 3416 (South side, off)

15/112 Church of
20/3/67 St. Andrew

GV II

Parish church. 1831 by William Ramshaw, refenestrated 1874; south porch and
vestry added 1904. Squared sandstone with dressings; incorporating some
probably medieval masonry in lower courses. Graduated green slate roofs.
Aisleless nave with former porch, now storage, on west end and 1904 porch on
south; chancel; north vestry across junction of nave and chancel. 1831
Romanesque-style windows mainly replaced by lancets in 1874.

3-bay nave has chamfered plinth and flat-buttress bay divisions. 3-centred
south doorway, in porch, flanked by re-set carved medieval fragments
representing The Fall and God triumphing over Satan; small stoup re-set
near east jamb of doorway. Mainly paired lancets under hoodmoulds. Round-
arched 1831 window in east bay on south side. Roof has overhanging eaves
on large stone corbels. Large gabled bellcote at west end above blocked
round-arched window. Lower and narrower 2-bay chancel has similar window
and roof details; pointed 3-light east window. Gabled west end porch has
blocked round-arched doorway. Gabled south porch has pointed doorway of 2
chamfered orders and lancets on returns. Gabled vestry has pointed doorway
on east and paired lancets on north.

Interior: plain and plastered; chamfered semicircular chancel arch; similar
smaller arch at west end of nave; C19 stone font with octagonal bowl; c.1890
to 1900 memorial stained glass by Hemmings of London; nave roof has 7 braced
king-post trusses with a flat ceiling above the collars.

(Rev. W.L. Taylor, The History of Sadberge, 1919).

Listing NGR: NZ3409216807

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26481227

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Recommended Books

• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)