Description

HORSINGTON MAIN STREET
TF 16 NE
(west side)
6/23 Church of
All Saints
14-9-66
II
Parish church. 1858-60 by David Brandon. Red brick with ashlar
dressings, slate roofs with stone coped gables. Nave, south
aisle and porch, south eastern tower with steeple, chancel and
vestry. The west end of the south aisle has a single lancet, and
the west end of the nave has 3 stepped lancets with a trefoil
over, this arrangement marred by a later boiler house and
chimney. The north side has alternate pairs of lancet and 2
light openings with pierced circle over. The vestry has a 2
light window and a single lancet on the east side. The chancel
has a single lancet to north and south sides and in the east wall
are 3 stepped lancets with trefoil heads united under a common
pointed arch. The south eastern tower is of 2 stages with 2
moulded stone string courses, a corbel table and a broach red
brick spire with single lucarnes. The tower has full height
angle buttresses and an octagonal stair turret in the east side.
The east window is a lancet and the paired louvred bell openings
have brick surrounds. On the south side of the tower a clock is
flanked by single narrow lancets. The south aisle has a pair of
lancets and a single lancet, with beyond the porch a further
pair. The gabled south porch has a moulded pointed outer
doorway. Interior. The 4 bay C19 south arcade has circular
piers and abaci and pointed arches. The chancel arch is pointed
and dies into its reveals. From the south aisle is a pointed
arch, now blocked into the tower and a similar arch leads from
the chancel to the tower. All fittings are C19 including the
font.

Listing NGR: TF1925668731

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Church of All Saints at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26316486

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