Description

SE 5737
9/8
17.11.66

CAWOOD
CHURCH END
(north side)
Church of All Saints
(Formerly listed under General)

GV
I

Church. C12-C15 with C19 and C20 rebuilding and restoration. Magnesian
limestone ashlar with red plain tile roof and stone slates to porch.
2-bay chancel, 4-bay aisled nave, south porch and south-west tower. C13
chancel with C14 north aisle now vestry with straight-headed windows
with Perpendicular tracery. To south side 2 lancet windows and badly-
weathered door with roll moulding and remains of moulded capitals. The
second bay shows blocked arcade indicating removal of former chapel.
5-light pointed Perpendicular east window. Nave: 3-light, flat-arched
trefoil-headed windows. Mid-late C12 gable-ended west wall has recut
transitional doorway of 2 orders and nookshafts with waterleaf capitals.
Door has decorative strap hinges. South porch rebuilt in 1935 covers
original round-arched door with partly recut head. Early C15 bell tower
in 3 stages has polygonal angle buttresses surmounted by crockets to
first stage and diagonal buttresses with set-offs above. Ogee-arched
3-light window to ground floor with restored Perpendicular tracery.
First stage: crocketed nodding-ogee-headed niche containing C20 statue
of the Blesses Virgin Mary on pedestal; to north and south trefoiled
lights under flat arches with drip moulds. Recessed bell stage:
3-light ogee-arched bell openings with restored Perpendicular tracery
under drip moulds with carved stops. String-course, buttresses,
battlements and angle pinnacles. Interior: chancel arcade of double-
chamfered arches on octagonal piers. Nave: C13 south arcade of double-
chamfered arches on quatrefoil piers with water-holding bases and
moulded capitals. Mid C14 tower arch. Wall monument to George
Mountain, Archbishop of York d.1623, with life-size frontal demi-figure.
Pevsner, N., Yorkshire, The West Riding, 1979, pp 159-60.

Listing NGR: SE5778037799

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• All Saints' Church, Cawood at Wikipedia
• All Saints' Church, Cawood at Wikipedia
• Wikidata IDs Q121365324 Q17526359

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Recommended Books

• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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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)
• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  For the Record