Description

EDMONDBYERS 86278 ,Edmondbyers
NZ 04 NW
(West side, off)
6/47 Church of St. Edmund
31.1.67
GV II

Parish church; C12 and later, restored c.1859. Sandstone rubble with ashlar
dressings; east wall thin courses of squared stone; quoins. Stone-flagged roof
with stone gable copings. 4-bay nave with south porch; 3-bay chancel with north
organ chamber and vestry. Porch has double boarded doors in chamfered round-
headed surround under gable with mask corbels supporting coping with ring-cross
finial. Inner doors diagonally-boarded with elaborate iron hinges. C19 round-
headed nave windows with drip moulds, in panels with corbel tables. West roundel
in round-headed panel. Slightly lower set-back chancel has 3 round-headed
windows, one C19, of varying heights, the medieval ones narrow and chamfered;
2 short buttresses. Similar east buttresses flank C19 round-headed window with
nook shafts under billet drip mould. Roof has flat gable copings on mask
corbels; angelus and east stone cross finials; west gabled bellcote. Interior:
rubble with ashlar dressings; re-used roof of collared trusses with struts on
chamfered tie-beams; chancel roof C19 king-post trusses. Restored chancel arch
flanked by inserted lower round-headed arches serving as lectern and pulpit.
Chamfered aumbry and round-headed piscina in south wall. Glass, faded in east
window, including south aisle memorial to William Featherstonhaugh, Rector 1856-
1904, by C.J. Baguley of Newcastle. Acorn and oak-leaf poppyhead bench ends.
Wood vestry in west end is C20 construction, as memorial to members of Marjoribanks
family, using C17 elements, door from Shepherds Dene House, Riding Mill;
priest's pew from Auckland Castle; organ case from All Saints, Clifton; fragments
from Durham Castle and Cathedral.

Listing NGR: NZ0144149917

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26523099

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas