St Augustine's church, Upton Lovell

Heritage listing

Details UPTON LOVELL UPTON LOVELL VILLAGE ST 94 SW (south side) 3/154 Church of St Peter with attached railings 11.9.68 GV I Anglican parish church. C13, 1633 rebuilding, 1891 restoration by C.E. Ponting. Limestone ashlar, Welsh slate roof. Plan: west tower, nave with north porch, south vestry, chancel. Gabled north porch with saddleback coped verge, moulded pointed doorway with quatrefoil over and datestone inscribed THIS HOUSE / IS THE HOUSE / OF PRAYER / 1633. North side of nave has C17 two-light mullioned and transomed window with semi-circular headed lights either side of porch, short buttress to left. C13 chancel has lancet and pilaster buttress to north side, roll-moulded string course and corbelled eaves, east end has C19 stepped lancets with hoodmould, south side has 2-light Perpendicular window to left. South side of nave has 2-light mullioned and transomed window with arched lights either side of gabled vestry with quatrefoil and 1633 datestone, saddleback coped verge with finial. C17 west tower with diagonal buttresses, ovolo-moulded semi-circular headed doorway with keystone, pair of arched lights to north side, middle stage has pair of recessed arched lights, bellstage has 2-light wooden louvred windows, moulded string course to plain parapet with crocketed corner pinnacles. Interior: 3-bay king post nave roof with moulded tie-beams with carved bosses, the east one dated 1633, moulded purlins, principals and braces from stone corbels to tie-beams. Double chamfered tower arch, probably C14. Elliptical arches to north and south doors. Early C13 double chamfered chancel arch on half columns with keel moulded shafts, C19 capitals. Restored chancel has 2- bay arch-braced collar truss C19 roof, C13 roll-moulded string courses, chamfered trefoil piscina on south

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.