Church of St. Swithin, Baumber

Heritage listing

Details BAUMBER CHURCH LANE TF 27 SW 4/1 Church of St. Swithin 14-9-66 I Parish church. Cll, C12, C13, 1758, 1892, restoration by W. Scorer. Red brick with ashlar dressings, coursed limestone rubble, lead and slate roofs. Western tower and porch, nave, aisles, chancel and vestry. The stone church was completely brick clad and refenestrated in 1758 and the 2 stage brick tower has plinth, cill band, dentillated band, corbelled band, battlemented parapet with dog tooth cornice. There are corner buttresses and at the base of the south western one the stone foundations of the earlier church can be seen. The south side has a 3 light pointed window and to belfry stage on all faces are 2 light openings with wooden tracery and louvres. The western side has a gabled porch with battlemented parapet, corner panelled buttresses which are surmounted by decorated ashlar obelisks with foliate crockets. Above the porch on the tower face, the corbelled band is formed into a pediment and beneath this is a plain eared ashlar panel. The porch has side lights, and the inner doorway is late C12, set in coursed limestone rubble walling, with zigzag decoration to the square cut arch. The single order of collonettes is missing, but of the remaining capitals, one is waterleaf, the other has worn figure carving. The door is C18 having 6 panels. On the north side of the tower is a blank pointed headed opening. The aisle has a plinth, cill band and moulded ashlar cornice. At both ends is a blank pointed headed opening with a blank quatrefoil over. The north side has 3 three light windows subdivided by plain buttresses. The nave has a dentillated cornice and lead roof, and at the east end is a lozenge shaped opening with curved sides. The chancel which has a hipped slate roof has 2 three light window

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.