Church of the Holy Rood
CHURCH OF THE HOLY ROOD, MILL STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1361255
- Date first listed:
- 24-Nov-1965
- List Entry Name:
- Church of the Holy Rood
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF THE HOLY ROOD, MILL STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1361255
- Date first listed:
- 24-Nov-1965
- List Entry Name:
- Church of the Holy Rood
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF THE HOLY ROOD, MILL STREET
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 THE HOLY ROOD, MILL STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Leicestershire
- District:
- North West Leicestershire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Packington
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 35856 14499
Details
PACKINGTON MILL STREET SK 31 SE 5/64 Church of the 24.11.65 Holy Rood GV II* Church of C13 and later, with C19 chancel. Ashlar. W tower, nave, aisles and chancel. Tower of 3 stages with bands, battlements, and 4 bell openings with Y tracery and hood moulds. W. window with Y tracery and external steps up to sill. Tower arch possibly C13. Aisles with stepped buttresses, N. parapetted. N. aisle has 3 3-light mullions, 2 with pointed, 1 with curved, arched heads. Hollowed chamfers. N. door. 2-light N.W. window. S. aisle has early C20 S porch, C19 S.E. window with Curvilinear tracery and other windows with hood moulds though tracery removed. C19 chancel with buttresses and plain tile roof, twin lancet E. window, and other windows with Curvilinear tracery. Parapetted nave has 4 bay Perp clerestory with simple 2-light mullions. 4 bay arcade with octagonal piers and double chamfered arches. Final bay of nave and aisle blocked off to form vestries. Simple low pitched truss roof, ceiling plastered. Chancel has boarded 4-sided roof. 6 later C14 bench ends carved with quatrefoils, foliage and head. In S. aisle cusped arched niche and 2 C15/C16 incised slabs. In N. aisle raised fine incised slab to Raphe Leeson, died 1587, and 2 wives. Pevsner.
Listing NGR: SK3585614499
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 187956
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Leicestershire and Rutland, (1960)
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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