Description

PLYMOUTH

SX4655 PARADISE ROAD, Stoke 740-1/42/673 (North side) 25/01/54 Church of St Andrew, Stoke Damerel (Formerly Listed as: PARADISE ROAD, Devonport Church of St Andrew, Stoke Damerel)

GV II*

Parish church. C15 tower, otherwise heavily remodelled or rebuilt in 1751 and later altered and restored. Rendered stone with some granite dressings; S porch is Plymouth limestone brought to course and with freestone dressings; dry slate roofs. PLAN: nave/chancel; N and S aisles; W tower; C16 N porch; late C19 S porch. EXTERIOR: N aisle has 2 late C18 round-arched hornless sashes with glazing bars intersecting at the heads; S aisle windows 1904 by Charles Cheverton in similar style with fixed lights over low transoms; traceried 3-light E window to S aisle and C18 oval lights with radiating glazing bars to E and W gables. C16 4-centred arched N porch doorway with square hoodmould and quatrefoils to spandrels. 3-stage W tower with diagonal buttresses and polygonal pinnacles to embattled parapet; large clockface to 2nd stage; 2-centred arched window over W doorway which now has traceried window, both with hoodmoulds. INTERIOR: 4-bay arcades with elliptical arches on slender oak Tuscan columns. Fittings: mid C19 Perpendicular style plaster font and pulpit, otherwise late C19 or C20 fittings. Stained glass in E window of N aisle of 1863 with rich colours. Monuments: 1 monument by Isbell and various other C18 and C19 wall monuments to army and navy men. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989-: 643).

Listing NGR: SX4633055001

External Links

• Church of St Andrew, Stoke Damarel at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17554534

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  For the Record
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)