Diameter: 19.5" Bell 1 of 1
Founded by Lewis Cockey 1697
Dove Bell ID: 61388 Tower ID: 24277 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Tytherington: St James
Diocese of Salisbury
Church, 634421
Overview
Grid reference: ST 916 411
the humble chapel at Tytherington has a remarkably timeless atmosphere. Although it seems to have been restored in the seventeenth century and again in 1892, it keeps to an unusual degree its simple mediaeval appearance.
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
Simply a long narrow rectangle, with a west doorway and bell-cote.
Description of Archaeology and History
The chapel is said to have been founded by Maud in the late twelfth century, but the church is almost undatable since there are so few features; nothing seems to be earlier than a quatrefoil window in the north wall which is probably fifteenth-century. The church was restored by C.E. Ponting, the Diocesan Architect, in 1892 (re-opened by the Bishop of Salisbury on 17 June), at which time the roof was retained and repaired and the east wall was largely rebuilt.
Exterior Description
The west gable of the church faces the road. It has a doorway with a four-centred chamfered head with recessed spandrels but no label, and above that is a three-light window surrounded by a hollow chamfer and surmounted by a label with returned stops. The lights have rectangular heads and no tracery. On the apex of the gable is a simple little bell cote with a four-centred arch surmounted by a latin cross. A square stone in the gable below may once have been inscribed with a date.
Although the north wall now has few features, there are signs of rebuilding and alteration in the masonry which deserve closer inspection. Near the west end, just above ground level, there is a horizontal row of stone blocks much larger than the rest of the masonry between a blocked doorway and the buttress at the north-west angle. The blocked doorway has had a low shallow arch, while the infill masonry has vertical joints, unlike the remainder of the wall surface. Further east is the small quatrefoil light mentioned above and then close to the east end a small rectangular window of two lights under a plain head without a label. There is a diagonal buttress at the north-east angle.
The south wall is similarly sparsely provided with architectural features, and also has been much rebuilt, with an admixture of some flint amongst the stone. The only feature is one window, of two rectangular lights, to the east of the mid-point. The east gable has a three-light window all of 1892 with a moulded label and square stops, and there is a foliate cross on the apex. The roof slopes have graded slates, large at the eaves and very small near the ridge.
Building Fabric and Features
Stained Glass
A floret in early nineteenth-century enamel glass in the quatrefoil window, coloured red and yellow, and small diamonds of bright red, blue and yellow glass in the head of the south window.
Building Materials
Chilmark Stone
12th Century
Chilmark Stone
Limestone
12th Century
Limestone Tiles
Interior
Interior Description
The interior is equally unpretentious but, as a result of the long narrow proportions, has a certain rustic dignity. It was, moreover, kindly treated by Ponting in 1892 who clearly kept as much as possible of the old work (the roof timbers and ancient seats, for example). Only two steps and a footpace mark the chancel, and to the east of the steps the floor is of wood blocks while in the narrow alley between the raised platform on which the pews stand it is of unglazed square tiles. The walls are plastered and whitewashed, with the stonework exposed round the windows, and the sill of the east window comes low with a space divided into three cusped square panels with blind shields which form a reredos. Its lights have ogee heads and there is panel tracery above. The window in the north wall has simple chamfers round the rectangular lights, while that in the south wall has a hollow chamfer round the lights. The font stands on the north side just inside the door, and on the south a curtain provides the only vestry space. The roof has four tie-beams and collars roughly equidistant from each other and the wall-plates are moulded. At the east end the purlins are attached to new timbers showing where the rebuilding of 1892 begins. There are no ridge-pieces.
Fixtures and fittings
Clock
17th Century Clock with wrought iron door frame
Historical Notes
1640 - 1640
Period Qualifier: 2
Altar
19th Century
The altar is of oak.
Lectern
1892
The lectern is of oak in a Jacobean Arts and Crafts style, by Ponting.
Font (object)
The font is a large round stone bowl of early date, almost feature less but for a convex moulding below the edge. The oak Jacobean cover probably is truly seventeenth-century rather than by Ponting; it has a baluster in the middle supported by four scrolls with a ball on the top.
Rail
18th Century
The communion rails are of oak, eighteenth-century, with turned balusters and moulded capping.
Bells
Churchyard
Grid reference: ST 916 411
Burial and War Grave Information
It is unknown whether the building is consecrated.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has been used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard is used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has war graves.
National Heritage record for England designations
There are no records of National Heritage assets within the curtilage of this site.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
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There are no records of Ancient, Veteran or Notable Trees within the curtilage of this site.
Renewables
| Renewable | Installed |
|---|---|
| Solar PV Panels | No |
| Solar Thermal Panels | No |
| Biomass | No |
| Wind Turbine | No |
| Air Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ev Charging | No |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
'Seek advice' Species
More information on species and action to be taken upon discovery.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
Further information
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