Description

WALKINGTON CHURCH WALK SE 93 NE (east side) 8/71 Church of All Hallows II* Church. C12 origins, C14, C15 west tower, north side rebuilt c1818. North porch of 1921. Ashlar, with considerable brick and rubble patching, brick to north side. Graduated slate roofs. 3-stage west tower, 2-bay nave with north porch, north and south single-bay transepts, 2-bay chancel with north vestry. West tower: chamfered and moulded plinth with moulded string courses and diagonal buttresses with offsets. North side has pierced quatrefoil to first floor: above it, a canopied niche with crocketed finials. 2-light pointed belfry opening with Perpendicular tracery under a hoodmould: crenellated parapet with crocketed corner finials. 3-light pointed west window with Perpendicular tracery. Clock face above quatrefoil to west wall. Nave: two 3-light pointed windows with Perpendicular tracery flank the gabled north porch. Similar fenestration to south wall with central pointed door of c1200: continuous narrow chamfer, chamfered imposts, and hoodmould. North transept: diagonal buttresses with offsets. 3-light pointed window with Perpendicular tracery under a hoodmould. Raised coped gable on shaped kneelers. South transept: diagonal buttresses. 5-light pointed south window with fine curvilinear tracery. Small 2-light square- headed window with Perpendicular tracery to east wall. Raised coped gable on shaped kneelers. Chancel: buttresses with offsets. South wall has two 2-light pointed windows with Perpendicular tracery. 5-light pointed east window with Perpendicular tracery. Raised coped gable on shaped kneelers. Interior: pointed double-chamfered tower arch dying into responds. North and south crossing arches have plain responds and imposts with narrow chamfers carrying pointed arches: which, rendered and colour-washed, have almost certainly been rebuilt. Double-chamfered pointed chancel arch on moulded capitals and polygonal responds. Font: square with moulded base and top: perhaps C18. At the rear of the tower chamber is a medieval stone coffin.

Listing NGR: SE9984936824

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)