All Saints, Hargrave, Northamptonshire

I Location

Site Location
Hargrave
National Grid Reference
TL 036 706
County
traditional: Northamptonshire
now: Northamptonshire
Diocese
medieval: Lincoln
now: Peterborough from 1539
Dedication
medieval: All Hallows 1517
now (or name of monument): All Saints
Type of building/monument
Parish church

II General Description

Exterior from SE.

Exterior from SE.

The largely 13thc. church has a W tower with a broach spire, an aisled nave of four bays, a N transept and a square-ended chancel. The tower was rebuilt in 1868-70. The only feature described here is the S doorway, protected by a porch.

III Exterior Features

1. Doorways

(i) Nave, S doorway

S nave doorway.

S nave doorway.

S nave doorway.

S nave doorway.

S nave, doorway arch, W springing.

S nave, doorway arch, W springing.

S nave, doorway arch, W capitals.

S nave, doorway arch, W capitals.

Pointed, of three orders. The inner order is plain, with a continuous chamfer. The middle archivolt is carved with keel mouldings flanked by a band of full dogtooth on the face and half dogtooth on the soffit. The outer archivolt is carved with two bands of directional chevron, that on the face pointing upwards, that on the soffit pointing down, and a keeled angle roll. On each jamb, a slender, en delit colonnette with a smooth capital corresponds to each order, and between them is a third colonnette with a lower capital and higher base. The plinth is oblique. The keeled label springs from twisted elbow corbels.

Dimensions
h. of opening 2.68 m
w. of opening 1.28 m

VII History

In 1086 Saemaer held one virgate from the Bishop of Coutances. The remainder was held from Sheriff Eustace of Huntingdon: one virgate by Eustace's man Herbert, and one hide by Herbert and Eadmer.

Benefice of Stanwick with Hargrave.

VIII Comments/Opinions

The doorway dates from the early 13thc., but is included because of its directional chevron ornament.

IX Bibliography

  • J. H. Parker, Architectural Notices of the Churches of the Archdeaconry of Northampton, London and Oxford, 1849, 36-42.
  • P. J. Parry (ed.), Short History of Hargrave and its Church, Undated (post-1988).
  • N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire,Harmondsworth, 1961, rev. by B. Cherry, 1973, 246.
  • Victoria County History: Northamptonshire, IV (1937)