Description

ROOS TUNSTALL
TA 33 SW
9/65 Church of All Saints
16.12.66
I
Church. C13 chancel, C14 nave, C14 west tower raised in C15, early C19
porch. Cobbles with stone dressings, brick porch, graduated slate roof.
3-stage west tower, 3-bay aisled nave with south porch, 2-bay chancel. West
tower: moulded plinth, chamfered strings. Small lancet to second stage,
2-light pointed belfry openings with cusped Y-tracery. Crenellated parapet.
3-light pointed west window with Perpendicular tracery under hood-mould.
Nave: 2-light square-headed windows with Perpendicular tracery to west and
centre, similar 3-light window to east. Pointed south door with continuous
mouldings. Clerestory: three 3-light pointed windows with Perpendicular
tracery. Hollow-chamfered cornice, raised coped gables. Chancel: lancet to
west, pointed priests door with moulded capitals and hood-mould to centre.
The east end of the chancel has been rebuilt. 3-light pointed east window
with Perpendicular tracery under blank quatrefoil to raised coped gable with
cross finial. Interior: double chamfered pointed tower arch with moulded
capitals and raised moulded base. North respond incorporates a medieval
yellow-glazed floor tile. C14 north arcade of 3 pointed double-chamfered
arches (the west arch considerably wider than the other two) on moulded
capitals and octagonal piers with moulded bases. Similar, C15, south
arcade, with chamfered bases. Squint window to chancel south wall. Pointed
double-chamfered chancel arch on chamfered responds: north respond has a re-
used stone carved with interlocking rings above a chequered pattern. C14
font: circular pier surrounded by the bases for 8 colonnettes, now missing.
Octagonal tub with shields and quatrefoils. Behind the font is a broken C13
grave cover carved with a stepped base, incorporating a wheel motif, to a
cross of which the head is missing.

Listing NGR: TA3055131990

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17534305

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