| Summary : 13th-15th century, restored 1867. Coursed squared stone and rubble stone, mostly granite rubble stone in South aisle, with stone dressings and leaded roofs. Stone coped gables and parapet to chancel. Plan of West tower, nave, aisles, chancel and South porch. |
More information : (SK 46760557) All Saints' Church (NAT) (C of E) (1)
CIVIL PARISH OF SCAPTOFT
A Church of All Saints 15C square tower, rubble, ashlar. 15C S.
aisle, modern S. porch. 13C N. aisle. 15C nave arcades and
clerestorey 15C chancel. Old roofs, all lead covered. Rubble
and ashlar generally. 14C recumbent effigy now set sideways in
chancel wall, said to be a Prior of Coventry. Mural monument to
Sir Edward Iwgley and wife with busts, 1710. Another to
James Wigley and wife, d.1765 and 1786 respectively. Also mural
to Andrew Noel 1730. 13C round font. Arms of unknown date.
Churchyard Corss 15C cross, 3 steps base, shaft and cap, in
churchyard. Ancient Monument. (2)
SK 60 NW CHURCH HILL
(East Side)
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Church of
29.12.66 All Saints
GV I
Church. C13-C15, restored 1867. Coursed squared stone and rubble
stone, mostly granite rubble stone in S aisle, with stone
dressings and leaded roofs. Stone coped gables and parapet to
chancel. W tower, nave, aisles, chancel and S porch. Tower of
2 stages with S angle buttresses, W buttress and N diagonal
buttress, all with set-offs. Small S door with blocked 1-light
over. 4 simple Perp 2-light bell openings, battlements and
crocketted pinnacles. Blocked nave arch of which hood mould
remains. Small C19 W door from nave to tower. 4 bay arcades with 2
wide arches and a narrower arch at either end. Double chamfered
arches on octagonal piers. Perp clerestory with 3 2-light N
windows and 4 similar S windows. C15 4 bay low-pitch tie-beam
truss roof with carved bosses and blind arcading in gables. N
aisle has restored windows, the N W with Curvilinear tracery
and mid C19 stained glass, the 2 N with Intersected tracery and
stained glass of 1899 by A. Ballantine and Gardiner, Edinburgh,
and the N E with Reticulated tracery. N many-mouled doorway.
Restored C15 4 bay low-pitch tie-beam truss roof with carved
bosses. Double chamfered chancel arch, the inner supported
on carved head corbels. Chancel has 2 blocked windows to both
N and S. E window with Curvilinear tracery and stained glass of
1893. C15 3 bay low-pitch tie-beam truss roof with blind arcading
in gables. S aisle has 3 Perp windows, 2 with mid 1920's stained
glass (peacock monogram) and another of 1979 by John Hayward.
S W window with Curvilinear tracery and mid C19 stained glass.
Small niche and c1300 S doorway. C15 4 bay low-pitch tie-beam
truss roof with carved bosses and heads and blind arcading in
gables. C19 gable S porch, the upper part of wooden open work.
C13 round font. Series of C18 finely carved slate tomb slabs
in chancel. Series of C18/early C19 wall monuments including
those to Sir Edward Wigley, died 1710, and wife (2 fine busts),
James Wigley, died 1765, and Andrew Noel, died 1736. C14 recumbent
effigy of a priest, said to be a Prior of Coventry, now set in
sideways in N chancel wall : much defaced. Pevsner. (3)
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