Description

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5320 GREAT WAISINGHAM CHURCH ROAD

Church of All Saint's
and St Peter
TF 9337 NE 5/1A 6.3.59.

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Mainly C14. Flint with ashlar dressings, with lead roofs. Comprising: nave,
north and south aisles, west tower, north and south porches. Chancel destroyed.
Clerestory windows are quatrefoils within circles. North and south aisles have
C14 2-light reticulated tracery windows, at east end of aisles similar but 3
lights. Large C14 west tower with diagonal buttresses on west corners, later
rendered brick parapet and 2-light bell openings, and large 3-light west window
with reticulated tracery. Perpendicular north and south porches, the south porch
with niches flanking entrance.
Interior: 4-bay north and south arcades. Good arched brace nave roof with small
collar-beams, and contemporary north aisle roof. Very good late C15 benches,
almost complete, in nave and aisles. C17 altar table, and rails with moulded
balusters and finials with central gate. C15 font with C17 cover. Pulpit dated
1613 incorporating earlier traceried panels. Some fragments of C14 stained glass
in heads of north and south aisle windows.

Listing NGR: TF9384937552

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17537210

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair