Description

TM 24 NE
1/10

KESGRAVE
MAIN ROAD
Church of All Saints

16.3.66

II*
Church; medieval with major alterations of 1980. Nave, chancel, west tower,
north porch. A large extension to the nave was added 1980, the chancel being
partitioned off for use as a side chapel; a further addition at the north-west
corner contains utilities. Flint rubble C13 and C14 walling, mainly plastered
apart from porch, with freestone dressings. Early C16 work and C20 extensions
in red brick. Plain tiled roofs. Continuous nave and chancel with a number of
mid or late C13 lancets in north and south walls. Triple-lancet east window,
framed by a large outer arch and in the head is a group of blind multifoiled
sinkings. Other C13 features include the chancel piscina with moulded shafts,
and the priest's doorway in the south wall. Of c.1300 are the south and north
nave doorways, the latter with C15 plank door, the west doorway and the y-
traceried window above. Large parapet-gabled mid C14 porch with 2-light side
windows. The arched doorway has ballflower ornament on the hoodmould, and
above it is a large image niche with cusped trefoiled head. A 2-light C15
north nave window. Walls of nave and chancel were raised early C16 for new
roof; red brick, mainly plastered, with 2-light clerestory windows. Nave roof
of 5 bays, chancel roof of 2 bays; of similar date and design with arch-braced
hammer beams and king posts on high collars. The earlier chancel arch and wall
were demolished between the 2 phases. Unmoulded rood-beam; the screen has
gone. The early C16 tower sits upon the C13 walling of the nave; on its south
side is a small room, perhaps a priest's cell, with a pair of arched alcoves
and an external doorway now blocked. All faces of the tower have diaper-
patterning in burnt headers. 2-light belfry openings and battlemented
parapets; in the north wall is a projecting stair turret. In the chancel
floor are 2 C18 marble ledger slabs, and on the wall an C18 panel painted with
the Ten Commandments. In the nave are similar panels with the Credence and
Lord's Prayer; another bears the Arms of George III; there are 2 further coats
of arms in the tower.

Listing NGR: TM2184445767

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17545896

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  For the Record
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey