Description

SP 63 NW SHALSTONE

2/48 MAIN STREET
(west side)
Church of St Edward

13.7.66
II*

Parish church rebuilt by Sir Gilbert Scott 1862, retaining N. aisle rebuilt
1828. Rubble stone, tiled roofs. W. tower has deeply moulded decorated
style openings to bell chamber, trefoil parapet and stair turret. Nave has
3 cinquefoil clerestory lights and corbel table. S. aisle has paired
lancets and porch. N. aisle has 3 windows with Y tracery. Chancel has
2 cusped lancets and ball-flower frieze to S. wall, 3-light decorated
E. window and vestry to N. Interior: nave of 3 bays with arcades on octagonal
piers, arcade to N. with chamfered arches on moulded caps, arcade to S. with
moulded arches and caps finely carved with naturalistic foliage. Similar
caps in chancel and porch, carved angels as label stops to chancel windows.
C19 glass. Brass to Susan Kyngston 1540 in N. aisle. C18 and C19 wall
monuments to Purejoy family including fine marble monument to Elizabeth Purejoy
c1740-50, 2 monuments by Nollekens c1805, 2 C19 monuments by R Westmacott Jr.
RCHM II p.253

Listing NGR: SP6414036435

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17538945

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Recommended Books

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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5