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TL 1048 COPLE GRACE LANE 4/33 Parish Church of All
13.7.64 Saints GV I Parish church. Circa 1430, C16 and C18. Courses rubble (mainly limestone),
ironstone tower, ashlar dressings. Chancel, N and S chapels, nave, N and S
aisles, S porch, W tower. Plain parapets to S chapel and aisle, embattled
parapets elsewhere. Chancel: C15. 4-light E window. Arcades of 2 4-centred
arches each side, that to S taller. Chancel arch similar to nave arcades. N
chapel: C16. 3-light E window contains some C15 work. 2 3-light N windows.
S chapel: C16. Windows, one to E, 2 to S, reworked C19. Archway to S aisle
similar to those to chancel. Nave: C15. 3-bay arcades both sides.
Clerestory with 3 square-headed 2-light windows each side. N aisle: C15,
windows reworked C19. N doorway re-uses some C14 work. S aisle: C15, windows
reworked C19. Extends westward, forming vestry S of tower, lit by 2-light
window. S porch: C18, altered early C20. 5-light windows each side. W
tower: C15. 3 stages, with diagonal buttresses, and octagonal stair turret to
NE corner. Pointed-arched W doorway surmounted by pointed-arched 3-light
window. C19 parapet and belfry windows. Interior: 2 altar-tombs to chancel,
one to Walter Luke, 1544, and wife Anne Launcelyn, 1538, the brass retaining
traces of inlaid colour, other of C16 with brasses to Thomas Grey and Benet
(Launcelyn) his wife, and their sons and daughters. Chancel floor has brass
to John Launcelyn and wife Margaret, 1435, reusing C14 brass (F.W. Kuhlicke,
"A Palimpsest Brass at Cople", Beds Arch. Journal, vol 7, 1972, pp.87-88).
Other C15 and C16 brasses in N and S chapels. Angel corbels bearing shields
(Grey and Launcelyn) to chapel arcades. C20 chancel roof, others C15. Choir
stalls retain 4 late C15 poppy-heads and 2 old linenfold panels. Late C16
pewing. 3 central bays of 5-bay rood screen are late C15.
Listing NGR: TL1032348469
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Sources
Books and journals Kuhlicke, F W , 'Bedfordshire Architectural Journal' in A Palimpsest Brass at Cople, , Vol. 7, (1972), 87-88
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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