Description

SO 74 SE COLWALL CP UPPER COLWALL

4/87 Church of the Good Shepherd

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GV II

Church. 1909-1910 by Hill Parker & Son of Worcester. Rough rubble, Bath
stone quoins, dressings, floor - band and eaves; timber-framed porch and
vestry with roughcast panels; slate roofs laid in diminishing courses;
engineering brick used as quoins and dressings to basement storey. Free-
flowing Gothic in Arts and Crafts Style. 5 bay nave, one bay chancel divided
by buttresses, slightly narrower one bay sanctuary; porch, approached by
pierced terrace, projects in centre of south side; vestry projects with organ
chamber in north transeptual position. The nave is above a meeting hall built
into the hillside. Church windows have flowing original tracery and Arts and
Crafts' panelled lead cames; heavy 3-light west window above projecting
Baptistery break: Meeting hall has plain cross mullion windows and entrance
in lobby below porch. Interior: chiefly remarkable for a complete set of
contemporary fittings with high quality carvings particularly in chancel
area. Chancel arch truss has tracery relating to fenestration. Stone
sanctuary arch with dying mouldings; wood panelling down one side of nave
but not the other; very big c1920s reredos with pewter bas relief; marbled
risers to steps. The woodwork is by R Haughton of Worcester and the builders
were Thomas Broad of Malvern. Foundation stone laid by J W Wilson of Perrycroft
(qv) on 3rd August 1909 suggests, as does the detailing, a connection with
Voysey.

Listing NGR: SO7665443376

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26633016

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)