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Parish Church of St Thomas a Becket

A Grade II* Listed Building in Northaw, Hertfordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.705 / 51°42'17"N

Longitude: -0.1501 / 0°9'0"W

OS Eastings: 527922

OS Northings: 202312

OS Grid: TL279023

Mapcode National: GBR JBG.4VN

Mapcode Global: VHGQ0.BDZT

Plus Code: 9C3XPR3X+XW

Entry Name: Parish Church of St Thomas a Becket

Listing Date: 9 December 1983

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1348170

English Heritage Legacy ID: 158507

Also known as: St Thomas a Becket, Northaw

ID on this website: 101348170

Location: St Thomas a Becket's Church, Northaw, Welwyn Hatfield, Hertfordshire, EN6

County: Hertfordshire

District: Welwyn Hatfield

Civil Parish: Northaw and Cuffley

Built-Up Area: Northaw

Traditional County: Hertfordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hertfordshire

Church of England Parish: Northaw and Cuffley

Church of England Diocese: St.Albans

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Description


Northaw TL 20 SE NORTHAW AND NORTHAW ROAD WEST CUFFLEY

12/243 Parish Church of St Thomas a Becket -

GV II*

Church. 1881, by C Kirk and Son of Sleaford. Replacing church of 1809. N aisle added 1887, choir and vestry 1893. Rock cut stone. Slate roof. Lincolnshire Decorated style. Tall SW tower in 5 stages. Clasp buttresses with crocketed finials. Cusped parapet. 3-light ground floor windows. Clock on W face. 2- light belfry windows. Nave has 5-light W window with flowing tracery. Door in projecting gabled surround. N nave aisle has 5 eaves gables over 3-light windows, the porch gable with curved triangular traceried window. 5-light E window with flowing tracery. S aisle has small 2-light windows and an eaves corbel table. Exceptionally complete interior with elaborate wall paintings and fittings. 5-bay nave with piers and hood moulds to arches. Scissor brace roof. Similar roof to choir, painted 1893. 2-arch opening to former vestry on N and chancel chapel on S, the arches with cinguefoiled heads. Sedilia of 3 trefoiled arches. Piscina with foliage-carved bowl. Perpendicular style chancel arch and rood given 1913. Polygonal stone pulpit with richly crocketed gabled sides, stone figures at the angles. Nave and chancel walls with wall paintings depicting New Testament scenes and foliage patterns. Complete original stained glass. East window signed Ward Hughes 1882. West window Ward & Hughes 1887. 3 north aisle windows c.1895 by Heaton, Butler and Bayne. (Pevsner (1977)).

Listing NGR: TL2792202312

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