Description

FOXHOLES BUTTERWICK SE 97 SE 10 Church of St Nicholas 10.10.66 - II * Church. C14, incorporating C12 fabric at west end; late C18 bellcote; porch added during restoration of 1882. Restoration by G Fowler Jones. Coursed squared sandstone with slate roof; bellcote and part of west end rebuilt in red brick in random bond. Timbered gable and stone flag roof to porch. West bellcote; continuous nave and chancel; south porch. C19 battered buttress, incorporating earlier carved masonry, at west end. Tumbled brick gable end. Gabled bellcote on plinth has two round-arched openings and gable cross. Porch has restored Tudor-arched doorway beneath gable with scalloped barge board. C19 nail-studded door. To east two single lights with restored curvilinear tracery, the easternmost between reset corbel heads. Blocked lancet in centre. No openings on north side. C19 square- 'headed east window, of 3 lights with curvilinear tracery, beneath hoodmould with reset corbel head above. Gable cross. Coped gables. Interior: plain piscina and aumbry in chancel south wall. Low segment-arched tomb niche in chancel north wall. Splendid drum font with arcading and cable-moulding on original shaped foot and circular base. Monuments: early C14 effigy, probably of Robert FitzRalph, Lord Grimthorpe and Greystock (d1317). He wears a long surcoat and carries a shield bearing faint traces of the arms of Grimthorpe. His crossed legs rest on a puppy and a winged head. Also late C13 graveslab with a sword, shield and carved vines enclosed in a dogtooth border.

Listing NGR: SE9913971491

External Links

• Church of St Nicholas at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17539941

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)