Church of St Edward the Confessor

Heritage listing

Details WESTCOT BARTON ENSTONE ROAD SP42NW (South side) 6/214 Church of St. Edward the 27/08/56 Confessor (Formerly listed as Church of St. Edward) GV II* Church. C12 and C15, restored 1856 by G.E. Street. Limestone rubble and ashlar; Stonesfield-slate and Welsh-slate roofs. 3-bay nave, south aisle and porch, chancel and west tower. C15 ashlar chancel, with moulded plinth and steeply-pitched stone-slated roof, has square-headed 2-light side windows with casement mouldings, ogee tracery and labels, a 3-light east window with Perpendicular tracery in a 4-centred arch, and has a 4-centre arched priest's door on the south. Narrow south aisle, of earlier rubble masonry, has two C15 windows, the east window cutting through the base of a lancet, and a similar C19 window west of the porch. The C15 crenellated ashlar porch has an outer arch with a continuous casement moulding and a C19 wooden dog gate, and has a sundial inscribed on the gable, above which a smaller sundial has been reset. The C15 nave has a deep moulded plinth, a crenellated parapet, and the 3 windows to north are similar to those in the chancel. C15 crenellated 3-stage tower, with a moulded plinth and diagonally-set crocketted pinnacles, has a west window of 3 uncusped lights in a 4-centred arch. Interior: chancel has a cusped aumbry niche by Street. Pointed Transitional chancel arch has moulded square imposts and a chamfered western face. The 2-bay arcade has round arches and a circular pier with scallop capital. All 3 have C19 stencilled decorations. C12 tomb recess in aisle has carved chevron and cable decoration. C19 roofs. Fine C15 chancel screen has a gate, traceried panels, and a vine cornice; it was restored by Street and painted by the Rev. E.L. Lockyer. C19 fittings throughout except the restored C15

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.