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Church of St Clodock (clydog church)
SO 32 NW LONGTOWN CP CLODOCK
6/75 Church of St Clodock
26.1.67
GV I
Parish church. C12 nave, C13 chancel, C15 west tower, minor C19 restoration. Sandstone rubble with Welsh slate roof. West tower, nave with south porch,chancel. West tower: three stages with embattled parapet; square-headed light to ground stage, square-headed loop to middle stage and window with two trefoil-headed lights to bell stage. Nave: south side: 2-light traceried window to left, cusped semi-circular headed light, square-headed window with three trefoiled-ogee headed lights and easternmost window, with three pointed lights to right of south porch, possibly dating from C13 (RCHM) with plain outer doorway, inner two-centred arch-headed doorway with chamfered jambs;
two semi-circular headed Norman windows survive in north wall of nave. Chancel: square-headed 2-light window to right of slightly semi-circular headed doorway;
between the present door and window are traces of a former lancet window; a C13 lancet window survives in north wall. C13 east window of three pointed lights. Interior: late C12 wide 2-centred chancel arch of two chamfered orders, scalloped capitals to shafts. Arch-braced roof with seven C16 moulded tie-beams to nave, similar arch-braced roof to chancel, roof ceiled with C19 boarding throughout. Fittings: C13 font with curved circular bowl, round shaft and base. West gallery and staircase c1700, with turned balusters, C17 box pews with panelled sides and some with dates. Three-decker pulpit with sounding board cl700. Late C17 communion rail, three sided with turned balusters in chancel. Monuments in nave near pulpit a slab with funerary inscription ascribed to C9. There are also remains of paintings on north wall of nave and several other miscellaneous chests and tables. (RCHM Vol I, p 179-180; BoE, p 103).
Listing NGR: SO3264627513
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Linked to | Elizabeth BARRELL; James BARRELL; John BARRELL; Richard BARRELL; William BARRELL; Blanche THOMAS |
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