Description

SK 78 SE SOUTH LEVERTON CHURCH STREET
(east side)
5/84
Church of
1.2.67 All Saints

G.V. 11*

Parish church. C12, C13, C14, C15. Chancel restored by Ewan
Christian, 1868; remainder restored by C. Scholefield, 1897.
Coursed squared rubble, coursed rubble, snecked ashlar, ashlar
dressings, slate roofs. West tower, nave, north aisle, vestry,
south aisle, south porch, chancel. West tower, C12 and C15, 3
stages, has chamfered plinth, 2 string courses, eaves band,
crenellated parapet, remains of partial buttress to south east.
North, south and east sides have each a single gargoyle. West
side has bolection moulded square headed blocked doorway, and
above, C14 single lancet with splayed reveal and hood mould.
Above again, single round headed light and clock, 1977. Second
stage has 4 round headed openings with colonettes, each
containing 2 round headed bell openings with central shaft and
square capitals. North aisle, 4 bays, has 2 pairs of corner
buttresses and 3 intermediate buttresses, 2 set-offs. Square
chimney on south east corner. West end has, to right, Tudor
arched blocked doorway, and above a C14 cusped trefoil headed
niche. To left, C14 triple lancet with flowing tracery and coved
and chamfered reveal. North side has 2 similar C14 triple
lancets with square heads and hood moulds. To their right, C14
cusped trefoil headed doorway with chamfered reveal, ogee hood
mould and foliate finial. East end has similar triplelancet to
west end, restored C19. South aisle, 4 bays, has a pair of
corner buttresses to east and 2 intermediate buttresses, 2 set-
offs. Chamfered plinth and eaves, 2 coped gables with crosses.
East end has, to left, C14 triple lancet with round cusped heads
and flowing tracery. Above, central trefoil headed chamfered
niche. South side has 3 C14 cusped triple lancets with chamfered
and rebated reveals and hood moulds with mask stops. West end
has, to right, C14 double lancet with Y tracery, chamfered reveal
and hood mould with mask stops. Above, niche similar to east
end. To left, remains of coped gable and to left again, blocked
C14 arch. South porch C19 in C14 style. Chamfered plinth and
eaves, string course, pair of flanking buttresses, coped gable
with cross and gabled kneelers. Chamfered and rebated roll
moulded door with coved ogee hood mould and foliate finial.
Vaulted timber roof on corbels. South doorway, late C12, 2
orders, with chamfered and roll moulded head and soffit with
double decorated zigzag moulding. Outer soffit has cove and roll
mouldings. Single colonettes with moulded square capitals.
Chancel, 1868, 4 bays, has chamfered plinth and eaves and coped
gable with cross. North side has 4 C13 style single lancets with
chamfered reveals and hood moulds. East end has eaves band and 3
similar unequal lancets. South side has 4 similar lancets,
restored 1868, and C13 priest's door with chamfered reveal and
hood mould. Nave arcades, C13, have 2 diagonally set square
piers with 4 engaged ringed shafts, square bases and stiff leaf
capitals. Keeled clustered ringed shaft responds with stiff leaf
capitals. Arches have triple roll mouldd intrados and soffit with
keeled roll mould and rebate. Hood mould with mask and foliate
stops. C19 principal rafter roof with chamfered arch braces to
collars and struts to principals. Alternate bays have imposts
with stiff leaf capitals. Tower arch, C13, double chamfered and
rebated, with hood mould and mask stops. Octagonal imposts with
moulded capital to south and stiff leaf to north. Above,
blocked rebated doorway. Tower chamber has panelled stair
enclosure and west window with stained glass, 1896. Central
font. North aisle has C19 lean-to roof on corbels, with arch
braces. Panelled timber screen at west end forming vestry.
Vestry south wall incorporates re-set mask corbel, tomb slab and
part of headstone, and slate plaque commemorating the restoration
of 1897. 3 roof lead plaques with churchwardens and plumbers
names, 1742, 1745, 1780. South aisle has to east, C14 trefoil
headed piscina with octagonal bowl on stem. West end has blocked
C14 half arch. North side has 10 carved late C14 corbels, 2
Romanesque corbels and a Romanesque gargoyle. C19 principal
rafter roof with arched braces. Chancel has to north, stained
glass window, 1867, and to east C19 panelled table with matching
gradine, and east window with C19 stained glass. South side has
restored square aumbry and C15 segmental headed aumbry with hood
mould linked to sill band. Stained glass windows, 1890, 1872 and
C19. Fittings include roll moulded deal benches, 1897, timber
eagle lectern, octagonal pierced panelled pulpit, similar choir
stalls, 1898, with crocketed finials, 2 C17 chip carved armchairs
with angels in low relief; C15 plain tub font with octagonal
base and stem and cover with ogee brackets to finial. Monuments
include tablet, 1898, and brasses 1910 and 1916.

Listing NGR: SK7833981106

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• All Saints' Church, South Leverton at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q15978867

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