Description

RAVENSTHORPE CHURCH HILL
SP67SE (East side)
11/46 Church of St. Denys
02/11/54

GV II*

Also known as Church of St. Dionysius.
Church. C13 and C19. Squared coursed and regular coursed lias with lead and
plain-tile roof. Aisled nave, chancel and west tower. Chancel: C19, south
elevation of 2-window range of traceried lancet windows. South door between.
North elevation, similar, of one-window range. 3-light east window has roundel
with cusping. Gabled roof with ashlar cornice, gable parapets and finial. South
aisle of 2-window range of 3-light windows; that to left has a square head and
that to right has Perpendicular style tracery. Similar 3-light east window. All
have some C19 and C20 tracery. 2-light west window with ogee head. Lean-to roof
with ashlar gable parapets. South porch, to left, is C19 with double-chamfered
outer door opening and Decorated inner door openings. Gabled roof with ashlar
gable parapets. North aisle of 2-window range of 3-light windows under segmental
arches; similar east window and 2-light west window. North door to far right
also under segmental arch. Lean-to roof with ashlar gable parapets. The north
aisle projects half a bay alongside the chancel. Nave clerestory of 3-window
range of 2-light windows; that to south has segmental arches and 2 to north have
square heads with arched lights. West tower, C13 restored c.1810, of 4 stages
with angle buttresses at the west corners. 2-light west window at ground level.
Double lancet bell-chamber openings with attached shafts in upper stage. The
upper stage is subdivided by a string course at the springing of the window
openings. Castellated parapet probably C14. Tablet reset in north wall of
chancel commemorates John Adams died 1698 and his wife died 1737, and has cherub
at head. Interior: Double-chamfered chancel arch. Nave arcade, C13, of 3-bays of
double-chamfered arches on octagonal piers. Triple-chamfered tower arch. Tomb
recess in south aisle. Jacobean pulpit. Parts of the screen are Perpendicular.
Parish chest has iron banding.
(Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p,384).

Listing NGR: SP6700070346

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17557465

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)