St Saviour's Church

Heritage listing

Reason for designation: Listed as largely unaltered example of work of Bodley, one of most important C19 church architects. History: 1887-8, by G F Bodley and T Garner, architects. Influenced by design of C15 church of St Mary s, Tenby (but without spire). South aisle added 1894. Restored by George Pace 1961, including subdivision of nave into hall. Exterior: Church in pink-grey Sweldon stone with bathstone dressings, slate roofs. Early Perpendicular window tracery. Low nave flanked by aisles forming 3 conjoined gables W. Bell-cote over W gable end of nave, which has 3-light Perpendicular window, and simple Gothic doorway. South-West porch with W doorway, and 2 entrance doorways to church. Nave articulated from aisles by stepped buttresses, aisles have 2-light windows, N aisle also has Gothic doorway. North elevation of 9 bays articulated by flat buttresses, NW window of 2 lights, then 4 bays of single lights, then 3 bays of 2-lights and one of 3-lights to NE chapel. West elevation has 3 gables; 5-light window to chancel, window of 3 cusped lights to S return of chancel; S aisle gable set back over flat-roofed vestry; 3-light windows to aisle gables. Interior: 5 bay nave and 3 bay chancel, of similar height; 2 side aisles each with chapel at east end, parallel to chancel. Boarded wagon roofs, painted to nave and aisles. Nave arcade with low pointed arches, 4 shafts and 4 hollows (simplified capitals to S aisle), continuously moulded arches between chancel and chapels, chancel arch with flanking shafts; flight of steps to high altar with wooden reredos and doorways to vestry behind. Three arches to chancel sides giving onto chapels. Painted wooden screen to S aisle chapel which has altar with angels on flanking shafts. Painted and gilded organ case in chancel (by Bodley)

From Cadw under OGL v3.