Church of St Constantine, Constantine

Heritage listing

Details SW 72 NW CONSTANTINE CHURCH SQUARE, Constantine 8/76 Church of St Constantine 10.7.57 GV I Parish church. Circa 1420 to 1480 rebuilding of an earlier church. A series of restorations and repairs from 1859 to 1901 including the rebuilding of the chancel in 1862 by J.P. St. Aubyn. Granite ashlar. Slate roofs with C19 crested red clay ridge tiles. Plan and Development: Nave and chancel in one. 6-bay south aisle and 7-bay north aisle with an additional 3-bay aisle on the north side of the north aisle at the east end, known as the Bosahan Aisle; west tower and north porch. On the evidence of the reused Norman fragments in the east and west ends of the south aisle it is clear there was a church in the C12. In the C15 the whole church except for the chancel was rebuilt. The 5-bay south aisle the length of the nave, and the south porch were added first in circa 1420, followed by the west tower and the 7-bay north aisle the full length to the end of the chancel. The south aisle was then extended by 1 bay eastwards and finally in circa 1480 the 3-bay Bosahan aisle was added to the east end of the north side of the north aisle when the road screen was inserted. There were a series of C19 and early C20 restorations and repairs starting in 1859 and including the 1862 restoration by J.P. St. Aubyn who rebuilt the chancel and later in the C19 the church was restored again by E.H. Sedding who stripped off the internal wall plaster. Exterior: The whole church is granite ashlar with a chamfered plinth and wall plate and there are slender buttresses with set-offs all round except for the chancel. The gable ends have plain granite coping. There are stone crosses over the east gables of the north aisle and Bosahan aisle. The south side of the south aisle has 5 granite C15 3-light Pe

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.