Hampstead Road: St David
Overview
Grid reference: SJ 373 915
This is a large church built of shiny red brick. The south side has gables over the aisle windows which run at right-angles to the axis of the nave. The roofs are slated and the dressings are of pressed red brick. At clerestorey level there are groups of three windows in each bay with cusped tracery composed of a flattened ogee arch with a vesica laid sideways above. All the windows have identical tracery.
Visiting and facilities
Building is closed for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
Four bay aisled nave with north. and south porches; chancel with apsidal east end, vestry on south side and organ chamber on the north.
Exterior Description
This is a large church built of shiny red brick. The south side has gables over the aisle windows which run at right-angles to the axis of the nave. The roofs are slated and the dressings are of pressed red brick. At clerestorey level there are groups of three windows in each bay with cusped tracery composed of a flattened ogee arch with a vesica laid sideways above. All the windows have identical tracery.
The doorway in the porch is recessed under receding arches of brick, and there are angle buttresses at the corners set off a few feet from the ground. The aisle bays are also articulated by buttresses and here too the windows have uniform tracery, a watered-down version of French flamboyant.
The window in the west wall of the nave is the grandest feature of the church, and occupies most of the area of the wall. It is set within a deep arch and has tracery which is full of vigour, divided into three parts by vertical strips having slender buttress-like details carved on them. The centre part has three lights and the outer parts are single lights. The tracery in the head of the window is also flamboyant with flowing lines incorporating a central cusped cinquefoil. The only other features here are buttresses which run flush with the side walls of the nave (the aisles do no reach as far west as the nave itself). There is an awkward break in the parapet above the point where the aisles end, for the gable coping of the west wall folds round to become a parapet but is then abruptly broken off in am ungainly fashion, and along the rest of the nave there is no parapet, the eaves oversailing the wall-head. The change is marked by a buttress which stands on the west wall, of each aisle.
In the tip of the east gable is a triangular panel of blind flowing tracery executed in pressed brick which also appears in the gablets of the aisles in reduced form. The hall which lies to the east echoes some details of the church, especially in having similar tracery in the south window which faces the street, but is does no have such decoration in the gable. The chancel is plainer than the nave, having two small windows high in the south wall above the vestry roof and none in the north wall because of the height of the organ chamber. The apse has three sides, each with a two-light window with simple tracery of a common pattern.
Interior
Interior Description
The large nave is amply lit by the west window and the windows of the aisles. The walls are plastered and painted, and the roof is very dark, of an arch-braced construction: The nave arcades are of brick carried on stone pillars which are octagonal and have octagonal bases and abaci. The roofs of the aisles give some interest because of their cross-gabled structure. The chancel is arranged and furnished in the most straightforward way, the organ standing in a chamber to the north which also opens into the north aisle, the pulpit also being on this side. In the corresponding position of the south side is the vestry, divided for choir and clergy, one opening into the south aisle and the other having a door into the chancel.
Fixtures and fittings
Font (object)
The font is octagonal, of stone.
Organ (object)
The organ has two manuals and is by Rushworth and Dreaper.
Churchyard
Grid reference: SJ 373 915
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 | N/A |
| Solar Thermal Panels | N/A |
| Biomass | N/A |
| Wind Turbine | N/A |
| Air Source Heat Pump | N/A |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | N/A |
| Ev Charging | N/A |
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.
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