Description

OFFCHURCH SP3565 10/63 Church of Saint Gregory 11/04/67 6V II* Church. C11/C12 nave and chancel; chancel enlarged late C13; C15 tower; C19 restoration. Square irregular coursed stone; stone ashlar to tower; old plain-tile roof to chancel; roofs of nave and tower not visible. 4-bay chancel, 6-bay nave and west tower. Stone porch to left of centre of nave, having 2-centre arched outer doorway on cluster columns. Paired lancets to left and right returns of porch. 2-centre arched inner doorway with C15 wood ribbed door, with smaller door inset. Paired lancet to left of nave. 2-light Reticulated tracery window to right of centre of nave. 2-light Geometrical tracery window to right of nave. 2-centre arched doorway with plank door to left of centre of chancel. Shouldered lancet to left of chancel. Romanesque lancet, with incised moulding to head, at right of centre of chancel. 2-light Bar tracery window to right of chancel. East end: 3-light Romanesque round-arched doorway to right of centre of nave with nail-head moulding to arch. Lancets to left and right of nave. Two 2-light Bar tracery windows to left of centre. Romanesque lancets to left of chancel with C19 recarved heads. Tower: 4-centre arched doorway to west side with wood double-leaf studded door. 3-light Perpendicular tracery window to west face of second stage. Louvred Y-tracery openings to all sides of bell chamber. Battlemented parapet. Interior: C19 four-bay upper-cruck roof to chancel. Piscina to right of altar. 4-centre chancel arch. Probably C19 six-bay Perpendicular roof to nave. Late C19 pews, font, and wood screen to segmental pointed tower arch. (Buildings of England: Warwickshire: 1966, p367) [ 61]

Listing NGR: SP3581865656

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