Description

TL 05SE RAVENSDEN CHURCH END

7/70 Parish Church of All
Saints
13.7.64
GV I

Parish church. Late C12 to late C17 or early C18. Coursed limestone rubble,
some brown cobbles, some red brick, with ashlar dressinqs. Clay tile roofs.
Chancel, N vestry, nave, S porch, N aisle, W tower. Chancel: C14, S wall
rebuilt circa 1700 in red brick. S windows square-headed with C19 tracery.
C14 E window reworked C20. C19 chancel arch. Segmental arch to N wall leads
to late C19 N vestry of brown cobbles. Nave: rebuilt C15, but retains Cl2 S
doorway with chequerboard pattern to interior tympanum. Timber and red brick
S porch circa 1700. C13 3-bay N arcade. C13 N aisle, with C15 windows and
doorway, latter blocked, and C17 roof of 2 cross gables. 2-stage W tower: c15
with simple C16 belfry windows and embattled parapet. Interior: Nave roof
plastered, but still with original ties and crown posts. Other roofs modern.
Nave S wall has 1718 monument to John Wigstaffe and wife Elizabeth.

Listing NGR: TL0777554316

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Church of All Saints, Ravensden at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q15210184

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Recommended Books

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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)