Description

TA 05 SE NORTH FRODINGHAM CHURCH LANE (north side) 10/85 Church of St Elgin

20/9/66 GV II*

Church. C15 west tower, belfry added 1892 by Temple Moore, nave and chancel 1878 by H Roumieau Gough. Ashlar to tower, random cobbles with freestone dressings elsewhere, timber eaves cornice, pantiled roofs. West tower, 4-bay nave with south porch and north aisle, 3-bay chancel. 3 stages to west tower with chamfered plinth, diagonal buttresses, and hollow-chamfered string-courses. 3-light belfry openings with tracery in Perpendicular style under pointed heads and hood-moulds. Blank arcading under pierced, crenellated, parapet. 3-light west window with Perpendicular, brattished, tracery in pointed opening under stopped hood-mould: C19 niche and image above. Nave: lancet to west, pointed windows elsewhere with Geometrical tracery. Pointed south door with stopped hood-mould. C15 niche with ribbed vault, crocketed gablet, and muntins supported on earlier corbels, with face masks, containing C19 image. Modillion eaves cornice, raised coped gable with cross finial. Chancel: chamfered plinth and diagonal buttresses. Lancet windows throughout. Round-headed priest's door with moulded imposts, chamfered head and jambs, and hood-mould. Modillion eaves cornice. 3-light pointed east window, with Geometrical tracery, and hood-mould. 2 ashlar bands over, upper incorporating blank, cusped, vesica. Raised coped gable with Celtic cross finial. Interior: octagonal piers to north arcade with moulded octagonal abaci supporting pointed double-chamfered arches. C10 cross fragment and undated carving of Atlas at west end of north aisle.

Listing NGR: TA0897953416

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