Church Of St Bartholomew |
| Hob Uid: 5291 | |
Location :
Northumberland
Whittingham
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| Grid Ref : NU0662711944 |
| Summary : Parish church. Saxon, 12th and 13th century remains. Chancel rebuilt circa 1725. Extensively rebuilt 1840 by John Green for the Rev. Goodenough. Chancel extended and gothicized 1871 by F.R. Wilson. Vestry added 1906. Squared stone and ashlar. Welsh slate roof. South porch has stone slate roof. West tower, 3-bay nave with aisles, south porch, -transepts, chancel and northvestry. Late Saxon-early Norman cross in the churchyard. |
More information : Considerable remains of the pre-conquest church exist at Whittingham ie at E side of nave and the west tower (dated on plan to 8th to 10th centuries). Architectural description (1).
Lying in the churchyard is part of the shaft of an early cross with cable mouldings at the angles. (2)
At the SE corner of the churchyard is a plain crosshead in a
chamfered socket stone possibly a churchyard or boundary cross (4) and beside the porch is part of the shaft of a cross, not later than 12c in date. (1-4)
NU06601193. The tower, a good example of long and short work, forms part of the church which is in regular use.
Built on the top of the wall in the SE corner of the churchyard are the remains of the mediaeval churchyard or boundary cross referred to, consisting of a cross head and socket stone.The crosshead is plain with chamfered edge. The span of the arms is 0.8m and the thickness 0.2m. The socket stone is 0.5m x 0.7m
at the top, 0.7m by 0.9m at the base, and 0.4m high.
NU 06611193. The fragment of cross shaft is lying just outside the NW corner of the south porch. In section it measures 0.3m x 0.15m and is 0.9m long. Although badly weathered the cable moulding on the edges is still discernible. (5)
Condition unchanged. (6)
Description of the cross-head in the churchyard, which is of possible late Saxon-Early Norman date. (7) |