Church of St Britius

Heritage listing

Details BRIZE NORTON STATION ROAD SP20NE, SP3007 (West side) 5/40, 17/40 Church of St. Britius 12/09/55 GV II* Church. Late C12; early C13 north aisle and chapel, and late C13 west tower; restored in 1868 by G.E. Street. Walls, mostly replaced by Street, of coursed limestone rubble; gabled stone slate roof. Chancel, nave with north aisle and chapel, and west tower. Geometrical 3-light east window, to south of similar mid C19 window. 4-bay north wall has, from east, a Norman window, early C14 three-light window, early C13 lancet flanked by worn corbel heads, early C13 pointed chamfered doorway with hood and another early C14 three-light window: early C14 3-light west window with reticulated tracery. South side of chancel has plain Norman doorway with chamfered hood flanked by mid C19 three-light C13-style window and plain C14 transomed window in blocked C13 opening (C13 rere-arch). Nave has early C13 lancet and mid C19 lancet window flanking late C12 Transitional south porch with round double-chamfered arch on shafts with moulded capitals. Fine late C12 Norman south door: arch has roll moulding and 3 bands of chevron decoration, the outer one carried on shafts with cushion capitals - one with carving of 2 birds; the tympanum has a symbol of the Tree of Life carved in the centre of a chequer pattern. Mid/late C13 three-stage tower with string courses: has lancets and 2 corbels to left; 2-light belfry openings of plate tracery; corbel table of stars and carved heads has billet decoration also. Nave roof has sanctus bellcote. Interior: C13 cusped rere-arch over south-east window, sill of which is dropped to form sedilia with carved stone arm-rests. On north wall of chancel is part of Norman string course and 2 paired blocked Norman windows under dogtooth-carved hood; early

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.