Ruskin Park: St Saviour
Diocese of Southwark
Church, 637035
http://www.hernehillparish.org.ukOverview
Grid reference: TQ 322 754
Built of Kentish ragstone with Bath stone dressings in neo— Norman and Transitional styles. The five stage tower surmounted-by a short pyramidal spire seems to be a combination of Rhenish and Lombardic motifs. Each stage is set back slightly and at the corners are clasping buttresses. At the south west corner the buttress becomes, above the third storey, a circular spiret.
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
Nave, north and south aisles, chancel terminating in an apsidal sanctuary, north chancel chapel used as a vestry and a short south transept. South—west tower.
Footprint of Church buildings: 460 m²
Description of Archaeology and History
A.D. Gough, 1866-7. In 1870 the chancel and south transept were added from designs by W. Gibbs Bartleet.
Exterior Description
Built of Kentish ragstone with Bath stone dressings in neo— Norman and Transitional styles. The five stage tower surmounted-by a short pyramidal spire seems to be a combination of Rhenish and Lombardic motifs. Each stage is set back slightly and at the corners are clasping buttresses. At the south west corner the buttress becomes, above the third storey, a circular spiret. In the ground stage on the western face is a pair-of pointed windows, the second stage contains round headed windows, and in the third stage is a circular window. The bell stage has on all four faees a group-of three large round-headed openings. At the west end of the nave is a large neo-Norman doorway and the walls to the north and south are articulated by blank neo-Norman arcading. The west window consists of three stepped lancets. Between each pair of windows in the aisle walls are buttresses with colonettes at each corner and this rhythmic division of the walls adds character to the otherwise rather unimaginative elevations. The nave has a clerestory of two windows to each bay but the aisles with their independentgabled roofs conceal the windows from the exterior.
Building Fabric and Features
Stained Glass
1892
In the east wall of the south transeptal chapel a window to the memory of the Revd. L.T. Chavasse M.A.,d.1892
Interior
Interior Description
Inside the church is spacious. The five-bay nave has an arcade of four large round headed arches decorated with rope, zig-zag and ball mouldings. These spring from sturdy stone columns with capitals ornamented with stiff-leaf foliage. The western most bay of the nave contains a gallery in which the organ is sited, the instrument being divided north and south of the west window. The roof of the nave is steeply pitched and of open tirber construction with ornamental braced king-post trusses supported by timber arches that spring from foliated stone capitals. The marble shafts which support these rest on stone corbels that alternate, long and short, above the piers and arch crowns of the nave arcades. The arcades of the two-bay chancel have pointed arches supported by piers (quatrefoil in plan) with stiff-leaf motifs on the capitals. The three canted sides of the apse are windows of two lights with a sextofoil in the head containing stained glass of scenes of rom the Life of Christ. Below the windows of the sanctuary is a series of blank pointed arcades. The chancel is raised by five steps and is separated from the nave by a low stone screen.
Fixtures and fittings
Pew (object)
19th Century
Plain in design but with their original painted numbers
Pulpit
Stone with pierced arches. Probably designed by A.D. Gough
Lectern
Oak, eagle lectern
Screen
Chancel screen of wrought iron
Font (object)
The font has a square, stone bowl with simple carved decoration. It is supported on a central stone column with four marble colonnettes, one at each corner.
Organ (object)
By Walker and Son
Clock
Set in the gallery by Lock of Camberwell.
Credence
Oak table
Churchyard
Grid reference: TQ 322 754
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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