CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II*
List Entry Number: 1067059
Date first listed: 02-Nov-1954
Statutory Address: CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, CHURCH LANE
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Location
Statutory Address: CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, CHURCH LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Northamptonshire
District: Daventry (District Authority)
Parish: Pitsford
National Grid Reference: SP 75427 68193
Details
SP76NE PITSFORD CHURCH LANE
9/236 Church of All Saints
02/11/54
- II*
Church. C12 and C14 with chancel and general restoration of 1863 by Slater
and Carpenter. Squared coursed lias with stone slate and lead roofs. Aisled
nave, chancel and west tower. Chancel, 2-window range of 2-light windows with
geometrical tracery. East window similar of 3 lights. Gabled roof with ashlar
gable parapets, kneelers, corbels and finial block. South aisle of 4-window
range of 2-light windows with reticulated tracery, probably C19. Similar 3-
light east and west windows. Ashlar parapet with lean-to roof. C19 gabled
south porch with finial between windows 1 and 2 from left has C12 doorway
under with shafts and zig-zag decoration. The tympanum represents St. George
and the Dragon on faith fighting evil. North aisle similar of 3-window
range of 2-light windows with reticulated tracery, probably C19. East and west
windows similar of 3 and 2 lights, C14. Ashlar gable parapets and lean-to lead
roof. Gabled nave roof with ashlar parapet and finial. Short west tower.
2 light bell openings to each face with single cusped lancets alongside on
north and south faces. Plain ashlar parapet. Interior: Nave arcade C19 of
5 bays with chamfered arches and quatrefoil piers with foliated capitals
carved by Gillet of Leicester. Similar chancel arch. C14 triple-chamfered
tower arch. Carved corbels with saints emblems and detached shaft above
supporting C19 collar trussed roof with curved braces. Stained glass window.
C14 arched tomb recess in north aisle, various late C18 and early C19
inscribed tablets above. Piscina with ogee head in north aisle, font C14,
octagonal with flat gables.
(Buildings of England : Northamptonshire, p.374).
Listing NGR: SP7542768193
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number: 360225
Legacy System: LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, (1961), 374
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing