Description

WALKINGTON CHURCH WALK
SE 93 NE
(east side)
8/71 Church of All Hallows
II*
Church. C12 origins, C14, C15 west tower, north side rebuilt c1818. North porch
of 1921. Ashlar, with considerable brick and rubble patching, brick to
north side. Graduated slate roofs. 3-stage west tower, 2-bay nave with
north porch, north and south single-bay transepts, 2-bay chancel with north
vestry. West tower: chamfered and moulded plinth with moulded string
courses and diagonal buttresses with offsets. North side has pierced
quatrefoil to first floor: above it, a canopied niche with crocketed
finials. 2-light pointed belfry opening with Perpendicular tracery under a
hoodmould: crenellated parapet with crocketed corner finials. 3-light
pointed west window with Perpendicular tracery. Clock face above quatrefoil
to west wall. Nave: two 3-light pointed windows with Perpendicular tracery
flank the gabled north porch. Similar fenestration to south wall with
central pointed door of c1200: continuous narrow chamfer, chamfered imposts,
and hoodmould. North transept: diagonal buttresses with offsets. 3-light
pointed window with Perpendicular tracery under a hoodmould. Raised coped
gable on shaped kneelers. South transept: diagonal buttresses. 5-light
pointed south window with fine curvilinear tracery. Small 2-light square-
headed window with Perpendicular tracery to east wall. Raised coped gable
on shaped kneelers. Chancel: buttresses with offsets. South wall has two
2-light pointed windows with Perpendicular tracery. 5-light pointed east
window with Perpendicular tracery. Raised coped gable on shaped kneelers.
Interior: pointed double-chamfered tower arch dying into responds. North
and south crossing arches have plain responds and imposts with narrow
chamfers carrying pointed arches: which, rendered and colour-washed, have
almost certainly been rebuilt. Double-chamfered pointed chancel arch on
moulded capitals and polygonal responds. Font: square with moulded base and
top: perhaps C18. At the rear of the tower chamber is a medieval stone
coffin.

Listing NGR: SE9984936824

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17554828

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