Church of St Giles
CHURCH OF ST GILES, NEWARK ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1045600
- Date first listed:
- 11-Aug-1961
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Giles
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST GILES, NEWARK ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1045600
- Date first listed:
- 11-Aug-1961
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Giles
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST GILES, NEWARK ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST GILES, NEWARK ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Nottinghamshire
- District:
- Newark and Sherwood (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ollerton and Boughton
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 65389 67356
Details
OLLERTON NEWARK ROAD
SK 66 NE
(north side)
3/66 Church of
St. Giles
11.8.61
G.V. II
Parish church. c.1780. Gothick style. Irregularly coursed
ashlar and brick, rendered. Plain tile and gabled and lean-to
slate roofs, low pitch. Ashlar dressings, single capped gable
stack. West tower, nave and chancel under continuous roof, C19
vestry and adjoining store, south porch. West tower, 3 stages,
has chamfered plinth, 2 string courses, crenellated parapet with
4 crocketed pinnacles, and wind vane. First stage has to north,
doorway with lancet-panelled door. Second stage has to south and
west, clock, and to north, double lancet. Third stage has 4
double lancet louvred openings. Nave, 4 bays, has 4 triple
lancets on each side. North side has to east, lean-to store with
cross window to west and door to east. Single bay lean-to vestry
has single mullioned window to east. Single bay chancel has to
east, triple lancet. Gabled south porch has moulded pointed
doorway. Interior has wooden benches, arched plaster ceiling and
chamfered pointed doorway with diagonal boarded doors. Aisleless
nave has elliptical window heads and intermediate ogee headed
panels. Moulded cornice and coved plaster ceiling with C19 brass
chandelier. South-east window has stained glass by Heaton, Butler
and Bayne, 1875. Half round tower arch has moulded arris. C13
style panelled screen, 1901. Tower chamber has rounded stair
enclosure with curved boarded door. Half round chancel arch has
panelled intrados. Chancel has half height fielded panelling and
moulded cornice. East window has stained glass by C. G. S.
Foljambe, 1871. Fittings include roll moulded panelled benches,
mid C19 cast iron desks and lectern, late C19 panelled octagonal
pulpit and round polished granite font with grouped shafts. C17
oak plank parish chest with 3 locks. C18 chair with turned legs
and cutout carved back. Monuments include re-sited headstone to
Col. Thomas Markham, 1643. Hatchment, late C18. Classical
marble tablet, 1825. 8 C20 brasses. War memorial brass, 1919.
Listing NGR: SK6538967356
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 27 October 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 241916
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 27 October 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/27496
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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