Description

HARTHILL WITH WOODALL UNION STREET SK48SE (east side) 4/35 Church of All Hallows 29.7.66 GV I

Church. Arcades of c1200, C13 chancel rebuilt 1897, otherwise C15, the north aisle and chapel rebuilt 1850, restored 1886-90 by J. B. Mitchell-Withers. Ashlar sandstone, lead roofs. West tower, 3-bay aisled nave with south porch, 3-bay chancel with south chapel in 2-bay overlap of aisle, north organ chamber and vestry. Perpendicular style. Tower: chamfered plinth and moulded band; stair-turret door on south side. Offset angle buttresses flank C19 3-light west window with head-stopped hoodmould. String courses below and above west clock; pointed 2-light belfry openings with louvres and hoodmoulds. Gargoyles to north and south beneath embattled parapet with crocketed pinnacles. Nave: C19 gabled porch to bay 1 has pointed outer and inner doors. Bays 2 and 3, flanked by buttresses, have 3-light hollow-chamfered surrounds beneath Tudor arches, renewed tracery; string course beneath embattled parapet. 3 clerestorey windows and parapet as aisle. North aisle has 2 C19 Romanesque windows with zig-zag ornament, 2 clerestory windows as south; tall ashlar stack adjacent to tower. Chancel: chapel windows as aisle flank C19 pointed priest's door with hoodmould, chancel bay 3 has chamfered lancet window in rubble walling. Diagonal buttresses flank C19, 3-light east window in Decorated style; aisle east windows in same style, that on left reticulated. Flat-topped north addition. Interior: C19 tower arch and vault. North arcade: cylindrical piers with octagonal capitals to 2-order round arches with light chamfers; south aisle piers similar but arches pointed and double-chamfered. C15 roof with cambered tie beams, moulded purlins and carved bosses. South aisle roof, C17 with some bosses. C19 chancel arch. Two C15 double-chamfered arches into south chapel have crenellated imposts and pier; trefoil-headed piscina and pointed-arched recess truncated by priest's door. Fittings: octagonal font with corner shafts and arcading, Jacobean cover. Fine, carved pulpit, lectern and screen by Carlo Scarselli, Florence 1877-80. Royal arms of George II in north aisle; 2 benefactions boards in south aisle. Wrought-iron screen in east bay of south chapel arcade, C16-C17; another at east end of north aisle said to be from Kiveton Park. Stained glass: south clerestorey windows said to be C16 (Garbett, p294). West window, 1876, by J. F. Bentley; east window, c1898, by Kempe and Tower. A south window by Ulisse de Matteis of the firm Francioni of Florence 1884 another to design of Holiday by Powell, 1874. Monuments: behind screen at east end of north aisle and set beneath a C18 round arch with keystone is a black and white marble tomb chest to Thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds (d1721); nearby a tomb chest to Hugh Serlby. On chancel north wall a marble monument to Lady Margaret Osborne (d1624): kneeler in recess facing right and flanked by columns and draped figures, open pediment with finials and arm bearers. H. Garbett, The History of Harthill-with-Woodall, 1950

Listing NGR: SK4936880962

External Links

• Church of All Hallows at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17529409

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