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- 1. St Andrew, Alwalton, Huntingdonshire, England
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Parish church St Andrew's has a nave with aisles, the N arcade of four bays dating from c.1170-80, the S equally long but of three bays and early 13thc. The roof was raised and a clerestorey added in the 15thc. The W tower is 13thc, and later in that century N and S transepts were added. The chancel was rebuilt at around the same time. In 1840-41 the church was restored, the chancel arch rebuilt and a south porch added. The tower was underpinned and thoroughly restored in 1902-3, and the rest of the church in 1904-5. Construction is of stone rubble with Barnack dressings, ashlar in the transepts, and rendered brick for the clerestorey. 12thc features described here are the N nave arcade, the S doorway and the font.
- 2. St Peter, Easton, Huntingdonshire, England
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Parish church St Peter's has a nave with a four-bay N aisle, an aisleless chancel and a three-storey W tower with a broach spire. There are doorways to S, W and N, the last under a porch. The thick N nave wall may be a survival from the 12thc church. The S aisle with its arcade was added c. 1300, and the chancel also dates from this period. The tower is late 14thc. At some time in the 15thc the E end of the chancel was rebuilt, and the nave heightened with a clerestorey to the S only. The chancel was restored in 1871 when the east wall was largely rebuilt and a new roof put on; the rest of the church was refurbished in 1876-79. The south aisle was partly rebuilt in 1903-4. The spire was struck by lightning on 3rd July 1908, and subsequently repaired. Construction is of stone rubble except for the S aisle (cobble), and the spire (ashlar). A few architectural fragments and pieces of tombs are reset in the interior walls (see IV.5.c).
- 3. St Giles, Holme, Huntingdonshire, England
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Parish church The old church consisted of consisted of an aisled nave with a W bell-cote, and a chancel and dated from the 12th and 13thc. It was demolished and a new church built by Edward Browning in 1862, which is more or less a copy of the old in its general disposition. It has an aisled four-bay nave with a W bell-cote, and an aisleless chancel with N vestry and organ loft. Construction is of rough-faced ashlar. Some of the capitals from the old church were re-used in the S arcade.
- 4. St Thomas a Becket, Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, England
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Originally hospitium of Ramsey Abbey, now parish church 12thc. nave with aisles of seven bays, the W bay curtailed. The clerestorey dates from the 15thc. The one-bay square vaulted chancel originally had aisles, and remains of the S aisle are visible on the exterior. On the N there is a later vestry that continues the line of the nave aisle. The tower is set at the S of the nave's W end, and its erection dates from 1672. The building history is complex and is sketched in section VII, but here it must be noted that the building was originally the hospitium of Ramsey Abbey, and had no W tower. The nave arcades were shortened by just over one bay when the tower was added, and the tower arch appears to have been constructed of parts of the removed arcade including the W respond capitals. Meanwhile the original W doorway, of much the same date as the nave but stylistically unrelated, was presumably moved to its present position as W tower doorway. This is only one of several hypotheses that could be advanced to account for the present appearance of the W end. The tower and the lower parts of the aisle walls and the E façade are of ashlar, while what can be seen of the rest of the chancel is of cobbles. There was an extensive restoration in 1843-44. 12thc work described here comprises the chancel vault and arch, its E windows and the remains of the S chapel; the nave arcades, the W tower arch and the W tower doorway.
- 5. All Saints, Tilbrook, Huntingdonshire, England
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Parish church All Saints' has a five-bay nave with a wide N aisle; a chancel with a N chapel continuous with the nave aisle, and a N vestry; and a five-storey W tower with a spire. The building history is a complex one. The three W bays of the nave arcade date from c.1180. In the 13thc., nave and aisle were extended E by two bays, then in the 14thc. the chancel was extended E, the aisle widened, and the N vestry built. At the same time the S nave wall was rebuilt and the porch added. In the 15thc. a W tower was added, built partly inside the W bay of the nave. The chancel arch was rebuilt c.1500, and a clerestorey added to the nave. There was a restoration in the 19thc. involving the rebuilding of the S wall and nave clerestorey. The chancel is of ashlar, the nave and aisle of roughly-shaped blocks of stone decorated with rows of pebbles, and the five-storey tower of rough ashlar blocks. Apart from the N arcade, Tilbrook is notable for a 12thc. relief set in the S porch gable, and a loose window head and sections of an important cross-shaft, at present inside the S porch.
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