Description

SLOLEY
TG 22 SE
7/20 Church of St.
16:4:55 Bartholomew

- II*

Parish church. Late C13/early C14 and later. Flint with stone dressings;
roofs of black glazed pantiles, lead and thatch. North west tower, nave with
north and south aisles, chancel. Embattled tower of c1300; west diagonal
buttresses - added in C15; west window C19 Decorated; bell openings C19
Perpendicular blocked to north. Nave of 4 bays, diagonal buttress to south
west corner; C19 west window; south aisle of knapped flint; C19 4-light square-
headed windows; doorway to first bay with continuous moulding with hood-mould
over; blocked doorway to third bay; north aisle C19 square-headed 3-light
cusped windows; south clerestorey windows of C19 having 2 lights with 4-
centred arches. North clerestorey stone surrounds to 2 light cusped windows;
pantile roof. Chancel of 2 bays with C19 fenestration; blocked Y-tracery
window of c1300 in north chancel wall; thatched roof. Interior. 3 bay south
aisle; 4 bay north aisle, late C15 octagonal piers, double hollow-chamfered
4-centred arches; arch-braced roofs to nave and chancel much restored in 1909;
restored chancel arch with hood mould; cusped piscinae in south aisle and
chancel. Tomb in south aisle dated 1439 to Oliver Le Gros. Fine C15 seven
sacrament font. Furnishings of restoration of 1841.

Listing NGR: TG2988624123

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