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Parish Church of All Saints

A Grade II* Listed Building in Ridgmont, Central Bedfordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.0144 / 52°0'51"N

Longitude: -0.5794 / 0°34'45"W

OS Eastings: 497587

OS Northings: 236057

OS Grid: SP975360

Mapcode National: GBR F21.QBD

Mapcode Global: VHFQR.XM1N

Plus Code: 9C4X2C7C+P6

Entry Name: Parish Church of All Saints

Listing Date: 23 January 1961

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1114055

English Heritage Legacy ID: 38370

Also known as: All Saints Church, Ridgmont

ID on this website: 101114055

Location: All Saints' Church, Ridgmont, Central Bedfordshire, MK43

County: Central Bedfordshire

Civil Parish: Ridgmont

Built-Up Area: Ridgmont

Traditional County: Bedfordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Bedfordshire

Church of England Parish: Ridgmont

Church of England Diocese: St.Albans

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Description


RIDGMONT HIGH STREET SP 9736 11/73 Parish Church of All 23.1.61 Saints GV II*

Parish Church. 1854-5 by Sir G G Scott for the Bedford Estates. Coursed stone with ashlar dressings. Clay tile roofs. Chancel, N vestry/organ chamber,nave, N and S aisles, N porch, W tower. Late C13 style. Mostly pointed-arched windows whose dripstones have moulded foliate stops. Bands of geometric ornamentation in ironstone to tower and around heads of windows. Chancel has 3-light E window with geometrical tracery. Vestry and both aisles have mainly paired trefoiled lights in regular arrangements. Nave has 4 quatrefoil windows to each side of clerestory. 4-bay pointed-arched arcades to both sides. Similar chancel and tower arches. Gabled porch has steeply pitched roof and 2 quatrefoil wndows to W. Stone-coped gables to all above parts, that to chancel with carved stone cross finial at apex. W tower is in 3 stages with setback buttresses rising to 2nd stage. 2-light W window to ground stage, single lights to all sides of 2nd stage, 2-light windows to all sides of bell-stage. Octagonal stair turret adjoins NE angle, rising slightly above tower parapet. Stone broach spire with moulded decoration to each angle and ornamental lucarnes to alternate sides. Interior: relatively simple but consistent decoration. Wagon roofs to nave and chancel. Stencil patterning between rafters in some parts. Black-letter texts to aisle walls. Foliate carving to capitals. Octagonal marble font on clustered columns, with carved panels.

Listing NGR: SP9758736057

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