Description

CROYDON CHURCH LANE
TL 34NW (West side)

8/24
Church of All Saints
22.11.67

GV II*

Parish church. C13 nave and C14 north and south aisles. C14-C15 west tower
and later C17 or early C18 chancel. Fieldstone, brick, clunch rubble and
dressed clunch. Tiled roofs. West tower, nave with north and south aisles
and chancel. West tower of three stages. Parapet with main cornice and
central gargoyle. Later diagonal buttressing. Newel stair turret in south
west corner. Four centre arch to west window of two cinquefoil lights. Bell
stage has two openings with trefoil heads in two centred arch. Nave without
clerestory. South aisle probably rebuilt C14, but in origin C13. Fieldstone
repaired in brick. Two cinquefoil light windows in square heads. Clunch.
South doorway of two continuous moulded orders in two centred arch. South
chapel, C14 origin, restored. South and East windows each of three cinquefoil
lights in square head. Roof and gable end rebuilt. Three shields of arms
reset in brickwork to gable end. Chancel c.1687, remodelled 1867. Fieldstone
and brick with Ketton limestone dressings of C19. Interior: South arcade C13.
Four bays of two chamfered orders in two centred aisles on octagonal columns
with moulded capital and base. The bay at the west end was blocked and part
fenestrated when the west tower was added in C15. North arcade c.1300 of four
bays and two centred arches. Two chamfered orders with broach stops on
octagonal columns with moulded capitals and bases. The roof of the south
chapel has been rebuilt. In the east wall are two C14 niches with foiled
heads flanking a three-light window. There is no chancel arch. Font: C12
bowl of limestone. Rectangular bowl with double rolls at the angles and plain
bands at top and bottom.

RCHM: West Cambs mon (1)
VCH: Cambs vol V

Listing NGR: TL3154449610

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17550506

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