Description

ELTON OVEREND
TL 0893
(West Side)
15/75 Parish Church of All
Saints
13.12.57
II*
Parish Church. Chancel arch c.1270, chancel, nave arcades, and north aisle
c.1300. South arcade second and third bays rebuilt in C15. West tower and
clerestorey, south aisle rebuilt and both aisles extended westward, south
porch added c.1500. Tower arch restored by Rev. F W Faker (1843-45) and
further improvements by Rev. P C Claughton (1845-59). Restoration 1885-6,
aisle roofs renewed and clerestorey windows opened out, vestry and organ
chamber added. East wall of chancel rebuilt in 1905. Walls of rubble
limestone, Ketton ashlar, dressings of Barnack and Ketton stone.
South elevation: West tower of three stages with clasping buttresses, moulded
plinth and plain parapet, gargoyles at the angles with bands of quatrefoils
below the string and on the plinth and between two upper stages. Nave with
embattled parapet and four early C16 clerestorey windows each of two plain
square-headed lights. South aisle south doorway with two-centred arch and
label and moulded jambs, four windows three of three-trefoiled lights in a
four-centred head and one similar of two lights. South porch with moulded
plinth and parapet and gargoyle in each side wall, four-centred outer archway
of two moulded orders, the inner order with attached shafts with moulded and
embattled capitals and moulded bases; two sundials. Chancel with three
windows, eastern window c.1300 reset with two-trefoiled lights and interlacing
tracery, centre window early C14 of two pointed lights with a quatrefoil in a
two-centred head, and western window mid C14 of two trefoiled lights with
leaf-tracery in a two centred head, 'low-side' window below with iron grating,
and blocked single light window; C16 doorway. Rebuilt east wall with
buttresses terminating in crocketed pinnacles. Interior: Nave arcades of
four bays; north arcade c.1310 with two-centred arches of two moulded orders
and quatrefoiled columns with moulded capitals and bases on square plinths;
south arcade one bay c.1310 and similar to north arcade, rebuilt bays with
two-centred arches of two orders the outer chamfered and the inner
hollow-chamfered, quatrefoil columns with moulded capitals and bases on square
plinths set diagonally. Tower arch two-centred of three moulded orders, the
outer continuous and the inner orders resting on attached shafts with moulded
bases and capitals. Stair turret door with moulded jambs and four-centred
head. Chancel arch, two-centred of two moulded orders, the outer continuous
and the inner resting on grouped shafts with moulded capitals enriched with
nail-head ornament. Blocked rood loft doorway to staircase. Roofs; north
aisle restored, c.1500, low-pitched of five bays with moulded tie beams and
curved braces; south aisle similar; south porch roof c.1500 of two bays with
moulded main timbers. Piscina and sedilia with moulded cinquefoiled head,
C14; in south aisle early C16 piscina with four-centred head. Font, C14
octagonal bowl with moulded edge, plain stem and restored plinth. For
monuments and floor slabs see RCHM and VCH.

R.C.H.M. Huntingdonshire, p76
V.C.H. Huntingdonshire, p162
Pevsner: Buildings of England, p238

Listing NGR: TL0887193562

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17544233

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