Description

LITTLEWORTH LITTLEWORTH
SU 3197

2/3 Church of the Holy
Ascension
21.11.66

- II

Church 1839 by H J Underwood of Oxford with chancel 1876. Rubble stone with
ashlar dressings. Lancet Gothic. 3-bay nave, broad, aisleless with low
pitched stone tiled roof. Side buttresses and diagonal angle buttresses
with string course at level of top set-off and window heads. Dentil eaves
course. More elaborate west front with bellcote and 2-light west window
with quatrefoil light over, all ashlar with hoodmould stepped up from string
course. Gabled porch with shafted moulded arch and carved foliage capitals.
2-bay chancel, crazed rubble. Cusped lancets and 3 lancets to east end.
Projecting plinth. Priest's door with ornate ironwork. Interior: Thin false
hammerbeam nave roof, arched braced collar truss with crown posts to chancel.
East window with-moulded rear arches and triple shafts between lights. In
nave 4 panels of sacred texts painted on metal in a C15 illuminated manuscript
style. Church founded by the Tractarian, E B Pusey.

Listing NGR: SU3124897152

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26572010

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)