Description

TL 26 SW TOSELAND HIGH STREET
(North Side)

2/98 Parish Church
14.5.59 of St. Michael

GV II*

Parish church, originally a chapelry to Great Paxton. Mid C12,
of which only the chancel arch and south wall survive. North
wall of nave rebuilt in C18. Chancel rebuilt and church
restored in 1873 by A. Blomfield (1829-99). The vestry was
added in 1897. Walls of pebble-rubble and brick with original
dressings of Barnack stone and modern dressings of Bath stone.
Tile roofs. South elevation has four round-headed windows
including one original window enriched by bead-ornament to the
nave, and two modern chancel windows. Mid C12 south doorway has
a semi-circular head with contemporary ornament on each moulded
order and supported on detached shafts with scalloped capitals,
moulded abaci and bases. Interior. The chancel arch restored
with original, and modern stone, has attached shafts with carved
capitals.
RCHM (Hunts) p275. VCH (Hunts) p275.
Pevsner: Buildings of England, p356.

Listing NGR: TL2402162596

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17544194

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey