Description

BRAISHFIELD CHURCH LANE SU 32 NE 5/21 Church of All Saints.

GV II

Parish Church. 1855 by W Butterfield. Red brick in English bond with blue brick diaper patterns, stone dressings, plain tile roof. Plan of chancel and nave under one roof with N aisle and E vestry under outshot; SW porch. E end has 3-light trefoiled window with 3 quatrefoils in head, and in end of vestry paired lancet window. S side has at W of chancel 2-light trefoiled window with quatrefoil in head, and to W sloping topped buttress denoting end of chancel. At E of nave 2-light window with quatrefoil in head. To W 2 2-light windows with blank heads. At W end gabled brick porch with end of timber screen reaching to gable with arch below. Inside pointed doorway with impost and label. All windows of plate tracery just below sills string course. Toothed eaves on N side vestry to chancel projects slightly and has to W rectangular light. Aisle has at E end in centre 2-light pointed window and to W chimney and boilerhouse lean-to. To W tall 2-light window with label. Over W bellcote of tilehung lower part each side of ridge. Weatherboarded belfry has 4 louvred bell openings taking up each side with tracery in corner ones. Tiled roof starts as low pitched offset, crowned by short spire and weathervane. Inside chancel E end typical Butterfield with stained glass window of Christ carrying cross. Wall painted with 4 Gospel writers, panelling below and on side walls. Well carved choir stalls with poppyhead finials. No chancel arch but braces on truss come down to corbels. 3 bay aisle of pointed arches on round capitals and piers. To E lower pointed archway opposite door, under heavy octagonal font with carved panels tapering onto spurred square base. NE carved pulpit, like stalls. Boarded arch braced roof off heavy wallplates. Contemporary furnishings and light fittings.

Listing NGR: SU3780325883

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)