Description

SU 81 NW ELSTED CHURCH LANE 18/11 The Parish Church of 18.6.59 St Paul II* Parish Church. Cll, C12, C13, 1872, 1951-3. Architect for the 1951-3 rebuilding J E M MacGregor. Rubble and ashlar with tiled roofs. Nave, Chancel and south porch. The nave collapsed in the C19 and was rebuilt in 1951-3. Only the north wall and part of the west wall survive. Saxon herringbone stonework. C13 breast windows in blocked C12 arcade openings. The rebuilt sections of the nave and the porch are in coursed rubble and is a very anonymous range. The Chancel is C13 but the north and east walls were cased in flint in 1872, the south wall, now Roman cemented, is original. All the windows are C13 except for one Perpendicular one. Internally there are two blocked Norman arcade openings punched in the Saxon north wall, these were filled in the C13 when the aisle was removed. C12 Chancel arch. Crown post roof to Chancel.

Listing NGR: SU8160619788

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)