Church of St Etheldreda
Church of St Etheldreda, Coton Road, Guilsborough, Northampton, NN6 8RD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1067072
- Date first listed:
- 02-Nov-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Etheldreda
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St Etheldreda, Coton Road, Guilsborough, Northampton, NN6 8RD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1067072
- Date first listed:
- 02-Nov-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Etheldreda
- Statutory Address 1:
- Church of St Etheldreda, Coton Road, Guilsborough, Northampton, NN6 8RD
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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 Etheldreda, Coton Road, Guilsborough, Northampton, NN6 8RD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- West Northamptonshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Guilsborough
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 67606 72681
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 16 January 2024 to correct the name and to reformat the text to current standards
SP76SE
3/157
GUILSBOROUGH
COTON ROAD
Church of St. Etheldreda
(Formerly listed as Church of St. Ethelreda)
02/11/54
II*
Church, C14, C17 and C19. Random coursed lias and limestone with ashlar dressings, and lead roof. Aisled nave. Chancel and west tower. Chancel, south elevation two window range of two two-light square headed windows, north elevation similar. East window, three-light with reticulated tracery shallow gabled roof with ashlar parapet. South aisle, two window range of three-light square-headed windows with similar east and west windows. Porch between windows with four-centred arched doorway probably C19. Ribbed and studded door. North aisle similar with north porch, both with ashlar parapets. The windows generally have been restored C19. Nave clerestory of four window range of single-light windows with flat arch heads possibly from C17 restoration. Shallow-pitched roof with ashlar parapet. West tower of three stages with angle three stage buttresses in first two stages. Double lancet C14 bell chamber openings on each face of third stage. Broach spire dated 1618 of limestone ashlar two stages of lucarnes on each facade.
Interior: Ribbed and boarded ceiling to chancel with carved bosses. Hollow double chamfered chancel arch with fleurons in the capitals. Four bay nave arcade of double-chamfered arches supported on octagonal piers, carved animal heads
at the spanning of each arch. North clerestory windows have quadripartite glazing bars. C19 king-post roof retaining the tie beams of an earlier roof with carved bosses and corbels representing the Seven Ages of Man.
Stained glass: all chancel windows by Morris and Burne-Jones. South aisle east and south-east window by Morris and Co and north aisle east window by Burlison and Grylls 1894. Reredos and panelling to chancel, gothic motifs of 1846. Pews 1815, some box pews in north aisle.
Listing NGR: SP6760672681
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 360146
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Cherry, B, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, (1973), 243
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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