Description

TA 07 SW WOLD NEWTON FRONT STREET (east side)

3/78 Church of All Saints 30.6.66 - II *

Church. Nave, C12, chancel 1850, north aisle to nave and chancel 1857, south porch and bell turret C19. Ashlar lead roof to nave, slate roofs elsewhere, timber-frame. 4-bay nave with bell turret, south porch, 2-bay chancel. Nave with chamfered plinth. C12 south door has nook- shafts with scallops and wheels flanked by partridge to left, wheel to right. Imposts with cable and lozenge ornament support round arch with inner order decorated with roll-moulding and saltire crosses, and outer chamfered order with billet ornament. Tympanum has chequer decoration enclosing Maltese cross with 3 discs and a circle in upper left and right quadrants respectively. 3-light window with Curvilinear tracery to right of door, 2-light windows with Perpendicular tracery to left. Round-headed lancet window at higher level to extreme right. Raised coped gables with shaped kneelers. Lower chancel with heavy quoining. South door in pointed stone surround flanked by pointed lancet to left, 2-light window with Perpendicular tracery under hood-mould to right. Slate roof, raised coped gable with kneelers. 3-light east window with Perpendicular tracery under segmental head with hood-mould and datestone 1850 over. North aisle runs full length of church: 5 round-headed windows in Romanesque style, raised coped gable with shaped kneelers. Bell turret with pyramidal roof and cross finial. South porch of re- used stone and raised coped stone gable with kneelers. Interior has north arcade of 1857 with cylindrical piers on round moulded bases with octagonal capitals and abaci supporting semicircular arches of 2 orders with deep roll-mouldings. C12 tub font with zig-zag and palmette band and plait band; C12 nook-shafts with scallops and lozenges to rebuilt round-headed chancel arch. Royal Arms of 1713 and 1839. North aisle has box pews of 1839, doors removed.

Listing NGR: TA0457873130

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