Description

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COLWICH GREAT HAYWOOD
SJ 92 SE
603-0/19/10005 Church of St Stephen
II

Church. 1840 by T.Trubshaw; largely rebuilt 1858 by H.J.Stevens
of Derby for patron the 2nd Earl of Lichfield. Deeply-coursed,
dressed sandstone; graduated slate roofs. Nave and chancel in one
with north vestry and west bellcote; separately-roofed south
aisle having porches to south and to west end. Gothic Revival
style: Perpendicular details. Plinth, offset buttresses. Nave and
aisle lit by square-headed mullioned windows with cusped lights;
traceried, pointed-arched windows to east and west gables, head-
carved hoodmould stops; diamond-pane leaded lights. Shaped
kneelers and ashlar gable copings with apex crosses. Nave: north
windows of 3, 2 and 5 lights; gabled vestry with 2-light window.
Buttresses flank tall west window with panel tracery; buttressed
bellcote. South aisle: windows 3,2 and 4 lights on left of gabled
porch having colonettes to pointed arch. West porch has Tudor
arch and parapet. 4-light east windows to aisle and chancel.
Chancel also has 2 pointed windows to north with cusping and
geometrical tracery. Interior: 4:1 bay Perpendicular arcade;
moulded lozenge-section piers with colonettes. Ornate false
hammer-beam trusses set on foliage-carved corbels which are
doubled near the chancel. Octagonal stone font with traceried and
quatrefoiled panels. 2 aisles with patterned and encaustic
tiling. C19 oak pews - those of the Anson family (Earl of
Lichfield) face north at east end of aisle. Nave has west organ
chamber with Stringer organ of 1886. Monuments: 1914 alabaster
cartouche near pulpit is to Thomas George, 2nd Earl of Lichfield
(d 1892) and his family. Various wall monuments near Anson pews
also a brass plaque in oakleaf architrave. At west end of aisle
a brass plaque records the "liberality" of the 2nd Earl in'his
patronage of the 1858 rebuilding.

Listing NGR: SJ9975622541

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26535860

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)