Church of St Denis, North Tamerton

Heritage listing

Details NORTH TAMERTON SX 39 Nbl 8/26 Church of St Denis 29.9.61 GV I Parish church. Early C15. Restored in 1875 when chancel was rebuilt and north vestry added. Stone rubble with granite freestone dressings. Comprising nave, chancel, south aisle, south porch, west tower and north vestry. Nave and chancel in one and full length south aisle. Chancel appears to be entirely rebuilt (straight joints at east end and north side, and absence of plinth moulding unlike remainder of church). On north side of chancel reused window, probably from west end of north side of nave. C19 chancel east window of 5-lights with Perpendicular style tracery. The nave and south aisle have flush granite bands at sill and arch springing levels and hollow chamfered plinth moulding and eaves. 2 nave north windows and 1 north chancel window with straight heads with carved label stops and cusped heads to lights. Polygonal ashlar rood stair turret on north side of nave. Four south windows and west window of south aisle of 3-lights with rectilinear/Perpendicular tracery and pointed arches. The east window of south aisle has Perpendicular Tracery with intersecting bars. Four-centre arch south doorway with roll-mould between 2 chamfers. South porch with hollow chamfer and roll-moulded pointed arch, sunken spandrels and label. Porch has ceiled wagon roof with carved running foliage ribs and wall plate and carved bosses. Holy water stoup. Slate sundial in gable of porch dated 1828. Fine tall unbuttressed west tower in 3 stages with slight batter. Weathered string courses and moulded cornice below embattled parapet and large octagonal crenellated pinnacles with crockets. Moulded plinth with deep frieze of panels containing roundels with mouchettes, trefoils, quatrefoils, Star of David etc. Bell-openings wit

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.