Description

L 1080 WINWICK WINWICK

15/85 Parish Church of
28.1.58 All Saints

II*

Parish church. C12 south doorway; chancel and nave rebuilt mid C13 with
south arcade and south aisle. Circa 1320 north aisle and arcade and chancel
arch rebuilt. Early C15 south transept and late C15 west tower. North aisle
partly rebuilt in C16 and roofs renewed. Rebuilding and restoration by Slater
and Carpenter, in 1864 of south transept, south aisle, clerestory, porch and
upper part of spire, also repaired in 1935. Walls of Weldon rubble and ashlar
with dressings of Ketton stone, roofs of tiles, lead, and stone slates.
South elevation: West tower of four internal stages with moulded plinth and
cornice, belfry window of two four-centred lights in four-centred head with
moulded label; the octagonal broach-spire has two ranges of spire-lights in
gabled heads. Two C19 round octofoil clerestory windows; two south aisle
windows, one C19 and one early C14 with three pointed lights with plain
intersecting tracery and two-centred head with moulded label. South doorway
reset with two-centred arch of two continuous orders with moulded label, outer
order enriched with chevron ornament and inner order with roll-moulding.
South transept window transomed four-cinquefoiled lights with vertical tracery
in four-centred head with moulded reveals and label with head-stops. Chancel
window, early C14 of two trefoiled-lights in a two-centred head. Interior:
Nave north arcade c.1320 of four bays with two-centred arches of two chamfered
orders with moulded labels; octagonal columns and semi-octagonal responds
with moulded capitals and bases. South arcade c.1250 of four bays with
two-centred arches of two chamfered orders with moulded labels, central column
octagonal, other columns round with semi-octagonal responds, all with moulded
capitals enriched with nail-head ornament and moulded bases. Tower arch
two-centred of two chamfered orders dying on side walls. South transept half
arch of two chamfered orders to south aisle. C19 porch with two-centred outer
arch of two moulded orders carved on three circular detached shafts with
moulded capitals and bases. Chancel arch c.1340, two-centred with two
hollow-chamfered orders, inner order springing from attached shafts with
moulded capitals and bases. Piscina in south transept with hollow-chamfered
jambs and trefoiled ogee head; octofoil drain. Font, C13 tapering square
bowl with splayed angles and chamfered edges, octagonal stem with four shafts
each with carved capitals and moulded bases. Early C16 roof. Screen, early
C16 incorporated into C19 screens of south transept. Brass in tower to Edward
Collins 1685-6 with inscription only, from slab in porch. Nave roof of four
bays with cambered tie beams, wall posts and curved braces; north aisle pent
roof with foliage and scroll bosses, scrolls inscribed 'Tom' 'Rob'
'I. Elington Siv'; south transept roof of four bays with moulded main timbers
cambered tie beams with carved bosses; (south aisle roof similar but
restored).

RCHM: Huntingdonshire p290
VCH: Huntingdonshire p123
Pevsner: Buildings of England p366
Woodger A: Huntingdonshire Church Towers Archeol J 141 1984

Listing NGR: TL1047480700

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17544156

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