Description

SE 68 SW SPROXTON B1257
(east side)

6/127 Church of St Chad,
gate and gateposts
4.1.55
- II

Church and gate and gatepost. Late C16/early C17 re-erected 1879 by
G G Scott Junior and Temple Moore. Limestone ashlar, stone slate roof,
wood and lead bellcote. Single-cell nave and chancel of 1 bay each,
divided by screen. Entrance in west front: 6-panel double doors, middle
post ornamented with attached turned balusters. Panelled wood infill to
fanlight beneath round arch on moulded imposts. Oval window above.
Simple wooden bellcote with pyramidal lead roof. 2 stepped 3-light
windows to south side, the central light being round-headed, with stone
hoodmoulds. 1 small square-headed window to north nave wall. East
window as south ones. Steeply pitched roof with gable copings and
shaped kneelers. Interior: C15 glass fragments in north nave window.
Gate posts: C19 sandstone. Scroll moulding and double entablature with
moulded cornices and ball finials. C20 wrought iron gates. Formerly
chapel to West Newton Grange, Oswaldkirk. Pevsner, Yorkshire: the North
Riding, 1966. Anon, St Chad's Church, Sproxton, n.d.

Listing NGR: SE6139081597

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26442175

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)