Church of St Brandon

Heritage listing

Details BRANCEPETH NORTH DRIVE NZ 2237 (South side, off) Brancepeth Park 15/20 Inset Church of 10/5/67 St Brandon I Parish church. Late C12 tower; early C13 aisled nave with late C13-early C14 east bay and transepts; aisles widened and extended to engage tower in C14; chancel rebuilt, south transept extended to east and north chapel and nave clerestory added in C15; c.1630 north porch; C19 south porch and restorations. Chancel roof 1638 by Robert Barker for Rector John Cosin. Dressed sandstone chancel, north chapel and east bay of south transept; squared and rubble stone elsewhere. Lead roofs. West tower engaged by aisles; aisled nave with north and south porches and transepts; aisleless chancel with north and south chapels, the latter on east return of transept. Unbuttressed 4-stage tower with round-headed loops on second stage, paired lancets above and embattled parapet on corbel table. 3-bay nave has 3-light clerestory windows between thin buttresses. Buttressed aisles have pointed windows with mainly restored curvilinear tracery. Buttressed 3-bay chancel has chamfered plinth and pointed windows with Perpendicular tracery. Defaced stone panel with Christ in mandorla on south-east buttress of chancel. Diagonally-buttressed transepts have pointed windows with curvilinear tracery. North and south chapel windows similar to chancel. Low-pitched roofs behind parapets. North porch, added by Cosin, has pointed doorways, blocked on west return, framed by pilasters with strapwork, friezes with Cosin Arms and cherub heads; semicircular pediment on front and battlements on returns. Gabled south porch. Interior: Pointed double-chamfered arches to tower, 3-bay nave arcades and chancel, the latter arch moved one bay to east in late C13. Arcades under hoodmoulds and on octagonal pie

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.