Description

ST ISSEY ST ISSEY
SW 97 SW
4/229 Church of St Ida

GV II

Parish Church, dedicated to St Ida. Circa C14 and C15 arcades although the church
was largely rebuilt in 1870-71 by J.P. St Aubyn. Stone rubble. Slate roofs; nave
and chancel in one with lean-to roofs to north and south aisles.
Plan: Nave, chancel, west tower and north and south aisles. Circa C14 3-bay arcade
to north aisle and circa C15 5-bay arcade to south aisle. In 1869 the west tower
collapsed with part of the nave and in 1870-71 the tower was rebuilt and the church
restored.
Exterior: West tower of 3 stages with battlemented parapet and corner turrets.
Stair turret on north face. Reset circa C15 Catacleuse stone arch to west door with
C19 Perpendicular west window and a reset circa C15 belfry lights. North and south
aisles have C19 tracery and the south porch was rebuilt in the C19 with the arch to
the south entrance reset.
Interior: C19 arch braced roof to nave and chancel with lean-to roofs to aisles.
The chancel roof is ornately stencilled. Circa C14 3-bay north arcade, the piers
comprising a cluster of 4 shafts with 4 demi-shafts. Circa C15 5-bay south arcade
with type A (Pevsner) piers. C19 furnishings. Font; granite round bowl supported on
central shaft with 4 renewed attached columns at corners and square base.
The church contains a fine circa late C14 carved Catacleuse stone panel reused as a
reredos and a circa late C14 carved Pieta at the east end of the south aisle. Both
of these carved pieces may originally have been part of a monument or tomb. Also
fine carved bowl to Holy water stoup. The stencilled decoration of the chancel is
also of particularly fine quality and is signed 'Whatley, Frome, Somerset. 1882' and
'Fred James, Frome, Somerset. 1882; Restored in the 1980s. The stencilling covers
the walls, organ and roof and has been directly applied to the granite piers of the
east end of the south arcade.
Pevsner, N and Radcliffe E The Buildings of England, Cornwall, 2nd edition, 1970.

Listing NGR: SW9285871818

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26507659

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Recommended Books

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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)