Description

SK 97 SW BROXHOLME CHURCH LANE

4/7 Church of
30-11-66 All Saints

G.V. II

Parish church. 1857 by T.C. Hine. Rock faced ashlar, stone coped
gables and slate roofs. Nave, chancel, south porch, north
chapel, south west bell tower. West end has 3 buttresses and a
plinth with paired lancets, above is a trefoil light in a
circular surround. At the south west angle an octagonal bell
tower rises above a smaller lancet and has cusped lights in
ashlar surrounds with a pointed roof. North wall of nave has a
single lancet and a 2 light window with quatrefoil over. The
north chapel has in its west wall a single lancet and to the
north wall is one 2 light window and a further single lancet.
The chapel has 2 gables to this side. To the east wall of the
chapel is a single lancet. The chancel east wall has a 3 light
window with a cusped quatrefoil in the head. Chancel south wall
has a pointed and single chamfered priest's door with elaborate
ironwork flanked by single lancets. Nave south wall has one 2
light window and a single lancet. The south porch has an outer
pointed chamfered doorway and single ogee headed side lights.
The inner doorway matches the outer. All windows have cusped
tracery to the heads, hood moulds and decorative label stops.
Interior. Pointed chancel arch with double chamfers, octagonal
responds and capitals, double chamfered pointed arch dying into
the reveals to the north chapel. Texts are painted over the
south doorway, the chancel arch and the priest's door. North
chapel is divided into 2 parts, the eastern chamber is continuous
with the choir and the western chamber contains pews. Between
them is a 2 light opening with Early English style shafts and
pointed heads. The eastern chamber is entered by a second
pointed arch from the chancel. All fittings, including the
unusual altar table supported on turned balusters, choir stalls
and lectern are 1857.

Listing NGR: SK9108578121

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26317338

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