andyoxon
Legendary Member
- Location
- Punxsutawney-on-Thames
St Swithun's Headbourne Worthy (nr Winchester). Saxon bits, and a 1380 oak bell frame, apparently.
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bluenotebob
Guru
- Location
- central Brittany, France
The église St-Pierre et St-Paul (56430 Mauron): rebuilt between 1866 and 1867, with some elements (notably the transepts) dating back to 1521.
Viewed from the south-west …
and from the north
Viewed from the south-west …
and from the north
rualexander
Legendary Member
briantrumpet
Legendary Member
- Location
- Devon & Die
Back again in front of the gert big church in the centre of Exeter, with some soft early evening light at the equinox.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Farndish church
FrothNinja
Guru
St John the Baptist, Stapleton
From the Heritage listing:
"Church of St John the - Baptist 13.6.58 GV II*
Parish church. Uncoursed sandstone and quartzite rubble with ashlar dressings, machine tile roof with coped verges. Circa 1190-1210, re-modelled c.1790 with west tower of c.1840; restoration by Slater and Carpenter in 1867. Nave and chancel in one with former undercroft beneath, west tower and north- east vestry. Tower: 3 stepped stages with pointed angle quoins and voussoirs; 4 round-headed openings to belfry with embattled parapet; west window to second stage, also round-headed, has similar door beneath. Nave: north side has 2 original lancets to upper stage with broad blocked lancet and lancet of 1867 to west; division from former undercroft marked by a chamfered band below which are 3 narrow rectangular slits; flying buttress to centre c.1867; south side: height of former undercroft again marked by a chamfered band below which are a wide round-headed doorway and a narrow rectangular slit to east; above to either side of door are 2 Gothic windows of 1867 with an original lancet to east. Chancel: south side has narrow pointed priest's door (c.1280) and lancet above to east; 2 recessed windows at ground level to east with spherical triangular tracery c.1867; one lancet on north to east of gabled vestry, moved eastwards when the vestry and present east wall (including the triple lancet window) were built in 1867. Interior: no trace now remains of the undercroft (removed in 1786) except for the dispos- ition of the windows; arch-braced roof to nave in 5 bays (1867), the eastern- most truss supported on 2 stone shafts with foliated capitals; contemporary trussed rafter roof with scissor bracing to chancel; west gallery with richly carved and painted organ, also 1867; twin sedilia on south and piscina in north wall date to C19 restoration, but the rectangular recess high up on the south wall is probably a medieval piscina and presumably served the upper level of the church; pointed-arched recesses in north and south walls at west end of chancel are re-cut early C13 work, but their function is unclear; round-headed doorway to tower with raised keystone and imposts (c.1790) has nail-studded door; altar fronted by C17 decorative oak panelling and flanked by 2 tall painted German candlesticks (c.1500), late C19 wall painting to east wall; plain mid-C19 octagonal font is said to have come from the Church of the Holy Trinity, Uppington (q.v. under Uppington C.P.); a piece of embroidery hanging in a frame on the south wall is reputed to have been worked by Mary Queen of Scots and a board on north wall commemorates the repair of the church in 1790. Monument: wall memorial to Thomas Meyrick (died 1778) in tower. The church was probably originally a dependent chapelry of Condover (q.v. under Church of St Mary and St Andrew, Condover). A motte (Scheduled Ancient Monument, County No.183) stands approximately 50m to south-east. B.o.E., p.293; D.H.S. Cranage, The Churches of Shropshire, Part 6 (1903). Pp.509-13"
From the Heritage listing:
"Church of St John the - Baptist 13.6.58 GV II*
Parish church. Uncoursed sandstone and quartzite rubble with ashlar dressings, machine tile roof with coped verges. Circa 1190-1210, re-modelled c.1790 with west tower of c.1840; restoration by Slater and Carpenter in 1867. Nave and chancel in one with former undercroft beneath, west tower and north- east vestry. Tower: 3 stepped stages with pointed angle quoins and voussoirs; 4 round-headed openings to belfry with embattled parapet; west window to second stage, also round-headed, has similar door beneath. Nave: north side has 2 original lancets to upper stage with broad blocked lancet and lancet of 1867 to west; division from former undercroft marked by a chamfered band below which are 3 narrow rectangular slits; flying buttress to centre c.1867; south side: height of former undercroft again marked by a chamfered band below which are a wide round-headed doorway and a narrow rectangular slit to east; above to either side of door are 2 Gothic windows of 1867 with an original lancet to east. Chancel: south side has narrow pointed priest's door (c.1280) and lancet above to east; 2 recessed windows at ground level to east with spherical triangular tracery c.1867; one lancet on north to east of gabled vestry, moved eastwards when the vestry and present east wall (including the triple lancet window) were built in 1867. Interior: no trace now remains of the undercroft (removed in 1786) except for the dispos- ition of the windows; arch-braced roof to nave in 5 bays (1867), the eastern- most truss supported on 2 stone shafts with foliated capitals; contemporary trussed rafter roof with scissor bracing to chancel; west gallery with richly carved and painted organ, also 1867; twin sedilia on south and piscina in north wall date to C19 restoration, but the rectangular recess high up on the south wall is probably a medieval piscina and presumably served the upper level of the church; pointed-arched recesses in north and south walls at west end of chancel are re-cut early C13 work, but their function is unclear; round-headed doorway to tower with raised keystone and imposts (c.1790) has nail-studded door; altar fronted by C17 decorative oak panelling and flanked by 2 tall painted German candlesticks (c.1500), late C19 wall painting to east wall; plain mid-C19 octagonal font is said to have come from the Church of the Holy Trinity, Uppington (q.v. under Uppington C.P.); a piece of embroidery hanging in a frame on the south wall is reputed to have been worked by Mary Queen of Scots and a board on north wall commemorates the repair of the church in 1790. Monument: wall memorial to Thomas Meyrick (died 1778) in tower. The church was probably originally a dependent chapelry of Condover (q.v. under Church of St Mary and St Andrew, Condover). A motte (Scheduled Ancient Monument, County No.183) stands approximately 50m to south-east. B.o.E., p.293; D.H.S. Cranage, The Churches of Shropshire, Part 6 (1903). Pp.509-13"
FrothNinja
Guru
St Andrew & St Mary Church, Condover
From the Heritage listing:
"Parish church. Late C12, 1662-79 and 1868, restored by Fairfax Wade 1878. Uncoursed and dressed pink sandstone with ashlar dressings, machine tile roofs. Nave, chancel, north and south transepts, west tower, north porch, south vestry and organ chamber, north chancel chapel. Tower: 1664 in late Perpendicular style; 3 stages with diagonal buttresses, embattled parapet has crocketed corner pinnacles; integral stair turret with domed cap at south-east corner; 2-light trefoil-headed openings to top belfry with narrow lancets to second stage on south and west and clock (late C19) on north; 3-light west window and door (1878) also in Perpendicular style. Nave: 1660s also in late Perpendicular style, replacing a medieval nave with north aisle and crossing tower; buttressed in 5 bays with embattled parapet, flat-headed 2-light window with minimal panel tracery (restored) and ornate stone porch (1878) in first bay from west on north. North transept: late C12 has pilaster buttressing from chamfered plinth and a moulded string course, 2 round-headed windows on north and one on west, all with nook shafts and waterleaf capitals; pierced quatrefoil opening below apex on north with narrow doorway on east and restored corbel table. South transept: possibly slightly earlier than nave has a timber framed gable with decorative cusped quatrefoils in square panels; 3-light window on south side with tracery similar to that in nave and blocked doorway beneath. Chancel: 1868 on site of C13 chancel. Early English style; single lancets on north and south and east window of 3 stepped lights with cusped heads and multi- foils above; contemporary chapel on north and prominent gabled vestry/ organ chamber (1878) on south. Interior: pointed double-chamfered tower arch has initials "J.O/1664" on right jamb for John Orum, mason; magnificent 5-bay hammerbeam roof to nave (restored 1878) with similar but plainer roof (1878) spanning transepts and position of former central tower, late C19 arch-braced roof in 4 bays to chancel; early C20 stained glass in north wall of nave by Hardman and Powell with east window by Reginald Cholmondley (1868); font (1878) by Landucci of Shrewsbury with carved figures of Christ and St John the Baptist; C13 oak chest in north transept has iron strap- work with fleur-de-lys finials; a stone slab (1744) set in north wall of tower gives rules for bell-ringers and various C18/early C19 boards hanging at west end of nave record benefactions to parish. The chief feature of the church is its monuments: these include Thomas Scriven (died 1587) and wife, 2 recumbent alabaster effigies in deep 4-centred arched recess with strapwork achievement, frontally placed children against tomb chest below (chancel south wall); higher on wall to right a memorial to Martha Owen (died 1641) brought from Old St Chad's, Shrewsbury - frontal bust in oval recess between columns with carving of her baby in front; other most notable monuments all in north chancel chapel; against north wall a fine double monument (1641) paid for by Jane Norton (died 1640), she and her husband, Bonham, are represented by the upper figures while the lower figures are of her elder brother, Sir Roger and her father, Thomas Owen, builder of Condover Hall (q.v.), each figure is kneeling and faces its partner across a prayer desk; below east window Roger Owen by L.F. Roubiliac (1746), semi-reclining figure with seated female figure (Roger's daughter, Catherine) at its feet; centre stage goes to marble monument of Sir Thomas Cholmondley (called Owen), (died 1864), powerful bearded kneeling figure holding a sword by G.F. Watts in a style developed from Nicholas Stone; Watts' influence is detectable too in the sentimental monument by Reginald Cholmondley to his wife, Alice, and her infant daughter (died) 1864), recumbent effigy of Alice with her baby lying by her side, its cradle stands empty at the mother's feet. Condover was in origin a Saxon minster parish, serving a vast area, and had several dependent chapelries including the Church of St John the Baptist, Stapleton (q.v.). B.o.E., Pp.111-12; D.H.S. Cranage, The Churches of Shropshire, Part 6 (1903), Pp. 475-81"
From the Heritage listing:
"Parish church. Late C12, 1662-79 and 1868, restored by Fairfax Wade 1878. Uncoursed and dressed pink sandstone with ashlar dressings, machine tile roofs. Nave, chancel, north and south transepts, west tower, north porch, south vestry and organ chamber, north chancel chapel. Tower: 1664 in late Perpendicular style; 3 stages with diagonal buttresses, embattled parapet has crocketed corner pinnacles; integral stair turret with domed cap at south-east corner; 2-light trefoil-headed openings to top belfry with narrow lancets to second stage on south and west and clock (late C19) on north; 3-light west window and door (1878) also in Perpendicular style. Nave: 1660s also in late Perpendicular style, replacing a medieval nave with north aisle and crossing tower; buttressed in 5 bays with embattled parapet, flat-headed 2-light window with minimal panel tracery (restored) and ornate stone porch (1878) in first bay from west on north. North transept: late C12 has pilaster buttressing from chamfered plinth and a moulded string course, 2 round-headed windows on north and one on west, all with nook shafts and waterleaf capitals; pierced quatrefoil opening below apex on north with narrow doorway on east and restored corbel table. South transept: possibly slightly earlier than nave has a timber framed gable with decorative cusped quatrefoils in square panels; 3-light window on south side with tracery similar to that in nave and blocked doorway beneath. Chancel: 1868 on site of C13 chancel. Early English style; single lancets on north and south and east window of 3 stepped lights with cusped heads and multi- foils above; contemporary chapel on north and prominent gabled vestry/ organ chamber (1878) on south. Interior: pointed double-chamfered tower arch has initials "J.O/1664" on right jamb for John Orum, mason; magnificent 5-bay hammerbeam roof to nave (restored 1878) with similar but plainer roof (1878) spanning transepts and position of former central tower, late C19 arch-braced roof in 4 bays to chancel; early C20 stained glass in north wall of nave by Hardman and Powell with east window by Reginald Cholmondley (1868); font (1878) by Landucci of Shrewsbury with carved figures of Christ and St John the Baptist; C13 oak chest in north transept has iron strap- work with fleur-de-lys finials; a stone slab (1744) set in north wall of tower gives rules for bell-ringers and various C18/early C19 boards hanging at west end of nave record benefactions to parish. The chief feature of the church is its monuments: these include Thomas Scriven (died 1587) and wife, 2 recumbent alabaster effigies in deep 4-centred arched recess with strapwork achievement, frontally placed children against tomb chest below (chancel south wall); higher on wall to right a memorial to Martha Owen (died 1641) brought from Old St Chad's, Shrewsbury - frontal bust in oval recess between columns with carving of her baby in front; other most notable monuments all in north chancel chapel; against north wall a fine double monument (1641) paid for by Jane Norton (died 1640), she and her husband, Bonham, are represented by the upper figures while the lower figures are of her elder brother, Sir Roger and her father, Thomas Owen, builder of Condover Hall (q.v.), each figure is kneeling and faces its partner across a prayer desk; below east window Roger Owen by L.F. Roubiliac (1746), semi-reclining figure with seated female figure (Roger's daughter, Catherine) at its feet; centre stage goes to marble monument of Sir Thomas Cholmondley (called Owen), (died 1864), powerful bearded kneeling figure holding a sword by G.F. Watts in a style developed from Nicholas Stone; Watts' influence is detectable too in the sentimental monument by Reginald Cholmondley to his wife, Alice, and her infant daughter (died) 1864), recumbent effigy of Alice with her baby lying by her side, its cradle stands empty at the mother's feet. Condover was in origin a Saxon minster parish, serving a vast area, and had several dependent chapelries including the Church of St John the Baptist, Stapleton (q.v.). B.o.E., Pp.111-12; D.H.S. Cranage, The Churches of Shropshire, Part 6 (1903), Pp. 475-81"
