Stoke Climsland Church

Heritage listing

Details STOKE CLIMSLAND SX 37 SE 8/175 Stoke Climsland Church (dedication unknown) 22.11.60 (Formerly listed as Parish Church of All Saints) GV II Anglican Parish Church. C15 remodelling of C13 church with later alterations restored 1860. Mainly granite blocks with some slate shale slab rebuilding to west end of north aisle and regularly coursed and dressed grey stone rubble to 2 centre bays of north aisle, graded slate roofs with coped verges, small Maltese crosses to several gables and C19 foliated cross to east gable end of south aisle. Nave; aisles; west tower and south porch. Tower: very similar to that at Church of St Brochus. Lezant CP (qv) . Late C15 in 3 stages with moulded plinth, chamfered string courses and set-back buttresses. Moulded cornice, embattled parapet and octagonal corner turrets with crocketed corner pinnacles rising above false battle- ments. Belfry has slate-louvred 4-centred window with 3 cinquefoil headed lights and cusped apexes to each side; diamond-shaped clock to second stage on south. West side has 4-light window with intersecting panel tracery and directly above moulded pointed doorway with quatrefoils to spandrels and dripmould. South aisle: Buttressed in 6 bays, 2 eastern windows closely spaced, 4-centred arches with 3 cinquefoil-headed lights and cusped apexes. Canted staircase projection for former rood screen, lit by narrow rectangular slit opening, to west has three C19 windows to left, 2 to right with panel tracery in 3 lights and one to left with intersecting tracery, all with hoodmoulds. Gabled porch to left has double chamfered pointed outer arch with slate sun-dial above, inscribed "T H BRII4ACOMBE/A KELLY/CHURCH WARDENS/1834." Richly moulded pointed inner doorway has nail-studded and panelled door. Grave slab to Thomas Calve

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.