More information : (NY 99658442) St Bartholomew's Church (C of E) (NAT). (1)
7/82 Church of St. Bartholomew 10.11.51 GV II*
Parish church. C12 fragments. Chancel and nave largely C13 with C15
alterations. Restored 1897. Dressed stone and Lakeland slate roof.
West tower, nave, chancel and south porch.
West tower of several builds. Lower masonry C12 or C13. Low, late
Perpendicular west door with Tudor lintel. Buttresses of various
dates C13-C16. Battlements and crocketed pinnacles Perpendicular
features. Victorian 3-light bell openings with Perpendicular tracery.
Similar windows in 3-bay C13 nave. South porch, possibly C16, has
plain chamfered round arch and sundial above dated 1764. South door
is C13 and has 2 orders of columns, with nailhead in the capitals,
and multi-moulded arch. Nave north wall has one original and one
Victorian lancet.
Chancel has blocked priest's door and one lancet on south
side; also large C18 12-pane sash window. East end lenghtened 1897
and given 3 stepped lancets.
Gabled roof with kneelers and flat coping.
Interior has blocked tower arch with 1 order of columns, scalloped
capitals and pronounced chevron mouldings in the ponted arch. This
may have been chancel arch of earlier church and has C12 and C13
fragments built into wall which blocks it. C13 chancel arch with
octagonal responds. Trefoiled sedilia with slender C13 shafts. C17
octagonal font using upturned C14 capital as base. Mahogany pulpit
with tester, 1797. Tablet of 1743 with aedicule and coat of arms to
Gawen and Mary Aynsley on chancel north wall. Several good tablets
set in chancel floor. Medieval grave cover with foliated cross used
as lintel of north lancet. (2) |