Description

1260 NEWTON ROAD
(west side)
TM 14 SE 12/402A CHURCH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW

II

Parish church. 1896. Designed by Chas Spooner. Red brick with ashlar dressings
and plain tile roof. Nave with aisles and a chancel under a single roof. Western entrance front with projecting porch between 2 very deep gabled buttresses, with a copper lean-to roof. Central doorway with triple chamfered and moulded arch, and double doors. Above an enormous 7 light window within a deeply chamfered, pointed arched surround, with hood mould and label stops. Above, in the gable is ashlar diaper work. The aisles have 3 pairs of pointed arched windows with buttresses between them. The eastern gable wall has a large elaborate circular window with double mandala shape tracery. Interior has 3 bay nave arcades with double chamfered and moulded arches which die into octagonal piers with moulded bases. Contemporary marble pulpit. The eastern circular window has Art Nouveau stained glass.

Listing NGR: TM1809743855

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26530508

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Recommended Books

• 
  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover