Listed Building record MDO15365 - Church of St Andrew, Malmesbury Park, Bournemouth
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Summary
Towerless church of rock-faced Purbeck stone with stone dressings. The Chancel and transepts built 1891-2 and the nave added 1899-1900, by J A Chatwin and Son of Birmingham and S C Tugwell.
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Chancel and transepts 1891-2, nave 1899-1900, of J A Chatwin and Son of Birmingham and S C Tugwell. Rock-faced Purbeck stone with stone dressings, towerless. Nave with tall polygonal western apse to baptistery, south porch in aisleless western bay, clerestory with paired 2-light windows, 2-bay transepts with transverse gables. Plate tracery in chancel with stepped triplet of trefoiled lancets for east window. Decorated tracery elsewhere. Interior of chancel stone-faced, with relieving arch and dog-tooth ornament to eastern lancets, chancel arch on foliage corbels, arch-braced roof. Remainder faced with buff brick dressed in red brick and stone. 2-bay aisle, 2-bay transept arcade (no crossing, octagonal piers, red brick voussoirs. King-post roof on short hammerbeams on clustered wall-shafts. Arch to baptistry with no capitals (marble angel statue on corbel to each aide); circular font on 5 columns, carved medallions.
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- SWX3500 Monograph: Pevsner N and Lloyd D. 1973. The Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (1973). 121.
- --- SWX4461 Scheduling record: Department of the Environment. 15-Feb-1994. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Borough of Bournemouth amendment 1994. Vol 768.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SZ 10 92 (36m by 39m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SZ19SW |
| Unitary Authority | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
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Record last edited
Mar 15 2013 2:42PM