Church of All Saints

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SAPCOTE CHURCH STREET SP 49 SE (east side)

3/30 Church of All Saints 7.10.57 II

Parish church. Mid C14 and C15, restored 1843, re-roofed and clerestorey windows restored, 1880; further restored and vestry and organ chamber added by W. Bassett Smith, 1886. Random granite rubble and dressed stone, with ashlar dressings and plain tile and lead roofs. West tower with spire, nave with clerestorey, north aisle, north porch, vestry and organ chamber, chancel. C15 west tower, 2 stages, has chamfered plinth and string course, coved eaves, crenellated parapet and 2 diagonal west buttresses with setoffs. Smaller irregular buttresses to east. First stage has to west a restored double lancet in a splayed opening, and above, a chamfered flat headed window. To north, a clock dial inscribed 'The Hour is Coming'. Second stage has on each side a double lancet bell opening with Y tracery and chamfered reveal. Setback octagonal spire has crocketed finial and weathercock and 2 tiers of crocketed gabled lucarnes with double lancets. 3 bay nave has moulded eaves cornice, coped parapet and gable. North side has 4 cusped double lancet clerestorey windows with segmental pointed heads. South side has chamfered plinth and 3 buttresses with setoffs. Off-centre roll moulded C14 doorway with hood mould and C18 plank door. Above it, a blocked window. To its right, a C19 Perpendicular triple lancet with panel tracery. Beyond, on either side, a C19 double lancet, that to left Decorated, that to right Perpendicular, all with hood moulds. North aisle, 4 bays, has coved eaves band and moulded parapet. At each end, a gabled buttress with a cusped headed niche, 3 setoffs. To the east of the porch, 2 C19 Geometrical traceried double lancets with restored hood moulds and mask stops. The west end has a C19 Decorated ogee triple lancet with reticulated tracery, hood mould and mask stops. C19 north porch has chamfered plinth and heavily moulded coped gable with kneelers and finial. Coved and roll moulded doorway with restored hood mould and a pair of late C19 cast iron gates. Plain double chamfered inner doorway with studded C18 plank door. Lean-to vestry has coped east end. To north, an ogee double lancet and to its right, a moulded doorway, and to east an ogee single lancet, all with hood moulds. 2 bay chancel has coped east gable with a pair of diagonal buttresses, 3 setoffs, and an ogee reticulated C19 triple lancet, with roll moulded mullions and reveal and hood mould. South side has 2 C19 Decorated ogee double lancets with roll moulded mullions and reveals and hood mould, and an off-centre gabled lateral stack. Interior has C15 stilted segmental pointed double chamfered chancel arch with C20 panelled and glazed screen. Nave has 4 bay north arcade, mid C14, with octagonal piers and responds, moulded bases and capitals, and double chamfered arches. South side has a stained glass window by Clare Dawson, 1953. Moulded arch braced queen post roof with traceried spandrels. North aisle has a C13 piscina at the north east corner. East end has a C14 style double chamfered arch with C20 screen and door. Moulded arch braced roof with traceried spandrels and crenellated corbels. Chancel has a double chamfered and rebated C14 arch with round shafts, octagonal capitals and moulded bases. To its left, a squint with a quatrefoil opening. North side has a C19 pointed opening to the organ chamber and a similar doorway with hood mould. To the east, a moulded crocketed aumbry, restored, with a finial. East end has a traceried panelled oak reredos and an early C20 stained glass window. South side has a C19 cusped ogee double sedilia and stained glass windows, 1898 and 1905. C19 moulded arch braced kingpost roof With tracery panels and arcaded wall plate. Fittings include C11 font with moulded round base and stem and bowl with lobed leaf ornament. C19 openwork traceried pulpit, benches with shaped ends, and brass lectern. C20 panelled stalls and desks. Memorials include 2 marble and slate tablets with crested aprons and scroll tops, 1724 and undated, 2 large Classical marble and slate tablets, 1829 and 1836, 4 mid C19 marble and slate tablets, brass, 1841. Notice referring to bell ringing, 1919.

Listing NGR: SP4886493197

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