Search results

Search terms: Windows, Northamptonshire

1. St Botolph, Barton Seagrave, Northamptonshire, England

Parish church
St Botolph's consisted originally of nave and chancel with a central tower, all of the early 12thc. Original nave windows, now blocked, are visible on the N and S walls inside. To this nave was added a 13thc. S aisle, two bays long, and this was rebuilt by Carpenter and Ingelow in 1878 as a second nave with a second, broad chancel to the E. The original nave received a clerestorey of trefoil lights in spherical triangles, probably c.1300. The central tower retains its narrow E and W arches, with important carved capitals, but the space beneath it has been converted into a vestry and organ loft, with the original chancel serving as a small chapel. Inside this is splendid wall arcading with naturalistic foliage capitals of c.1300. When visited, the second nave and chancel to the S had been arranged for a concert, with the stage in the chancel and auditorium occupying both the original nave and the new one. The plain font may be 12thc. On the exterior, some herringbone masonry is visible in the N walls of the tower and chancel. Early 12thc. sculpture survives on the N nave doorway, with its figural tympanum, and the elaborate windows on the N wall of the tower, nave and chancel. The 12thc. tower itself is of three storeys, undivided by string courses; the bell-openings are of the early 14thc., and the parapet still later.
2. Holy Trinity, Blatherwycke, Northamptonshire, England

Parish church (redundant)
The church is set in woodland, alongside the stables of Blatherwycke Hall (the house was demolished in 1948). The nave has an early 12thc. S doorway, and must date from that time. A two-bay N aisle has been added, the arcade of c.1200 but the aisle itself widened in the 19thc. There is no clerestorey, but the interior is bright owing to the large 14thc. windows in the S wall. The chancel has a three-bay N aisle, the arcade 13thc. The W tower is slender and unbuttressed, dating from early in the 12thc. The plain W doorway and plain windows in the N, Sand W walls (not described) attest to this, as does the E bell-opening (the rest are later). Construction is of grey stone blocks, roughly shaped and coursed.
3. St Mary, Bozeat, Northamptonshire, England

Parish church
St Mary's has an aisled, three-bay clerestoreyed nave with 14thc. arcades, an aisleless chancel and a W tower with a broach spire having two rows of lucarnes. The N doorway is plain, and the elaborate 13thc. S doorway is covered by a porch. A vestry has been added to the N of the tower. The church is constructed of roughly shaped grey stone with remains of mortar render on the chancel. The spire collapsed in 1877, and the tower was rebuilt in 1880-83. Romanesque interest centres on the three-storey tower and its arch. A 12thc. S window survives on the first storey, and the third-storey bell-openings are also 12thc. in design, although not all are original. Traces of beading survive on a stone reused in the fabric of the chancel.
4. St Kyneburgha, Castor, Northamptonshire, England

Parish church
St Kyneburgha's is described by Pevsner as the most important Norman parish church in the county (i.e. Huntingdonshire). An aisleless cruciform church was built in the early 12thc. and dedicated in 1124. In the 1220s a S aisle was added and the chancel replaced; in the 1260s the S transept was replaced by a large chapel with an E aisle; and early in the 14thc. a N aisle was added. A broach spire was added to the tower around 1350, and the nave clerestoreys were inserted in the mid-15thc. The tower is of ashlar, the rest of the church of stone rubble.
5. SS Peter and Paul, Cosgrove, Northamptonshire, England

Parish Church (benefice of Potterspury with Furtho and Yardley Gobion with Cosgrove and Wicken)
Cosgrove is a good-sized village in the SE of the county, less than half a mile from the river Great Ouse that forms the border with Buckinghamshire, and which forms a loop around the village. It is now on the edge of the great conurbation of Milton Keynes. The Grand Union canal runs through the village, and the church is centrally sited, with the hall site to the S of it. Cosgrove church comprises a square W tower, a nave, a N aisle and a square chancel which is off-set to the S side of the nave. The tower appears to be late medieval, but its E arch may comprise Anglo-Saxon masonry reworked in the 13thc. Only its tall, narrow proportions betray the possibility that the nave is Anglo-Saxon. The E and S walls of the rebuilt neo-Norman chancel incorporate traces of 12thc. arcading, probably representing blocked windows; two medieval corbels have been re-set in its internal walls. The early 13thc. N arcade comprises quatrefoil piers with moulded capitals carrying pointed, chamfered arches with a sawtooth label. The pointed, chamfered N doorway also has a label carved with sawtooth. The church was restored in 1864-5 and again in 1887.
6. St Mary, Duddington, Northamptonshire, England

Parish church
St Mary's has a nave with three-bay aisles and a clerestorey. The two E bays of the N arcade are round-headed with scallop capitals and chevron on the arches, c.1150-70. The corresponding bays on the S are slightly later, with waterleaf and chamfered arch orders. The third bay on each side is an addition of c.1225. The tower stands at the E end of the S aisle, the bay below it now housing the organ. It is later 12thc. in its lower parts, with a simple S doorway and a plain window above. The S nave doorway is late 12thc. and stands under a porch. The N porch has been blocked and converted into a vestry. The chancel is described by Pevsner as 'an over-restoration of 1844.' Romanesque sculpture is found in the E bays of both arcades, the two S doorways and the S tower window.
7. St John the Baptist, Harringworth, Northamptonshire, England

Parish church
St John's has a clerestoreyed nave with four-bay aisles. The arcades are early 14thc., and some of the S aisle windows date from the same time. Those in the N aisle are 19thc. replacements. The nave doorways are both of c.1300, but the S doorway has had a Tudor four-centred arch inserted and is under a 13thc. porch, while the N is unprotected. The chancel arch is of c.1300, but the chancel itself is Perpendicular with an east window of five lights. The W tower dates from the end of the 12thc., and the broach spire from the early 14thc. Romanesque features here described are the late 12thc. tower arch and bell-openings, and a fragment of an arcaded font bowl.
8. Holy Trinity, Hinton-in-the-Hedges, Northamptonshire, England

Parish church
The nave has areas of herringbone masonry in its W wall to either side of the tower, which suggests a date before c.1100. The tower itself is 12thc., unbuttressed and of rubble. Apart from the 12thc. features described here it has a plain round-headed window in the W wall, ground storey. A two-bay N aisle was added to the nave towards the end of the 12thc. The chancel is basically 13thc. but much restored. It has a N vestry. There was a major restoration by S. I. Neuman in 1976-90, but certainly a 19thc. one before that. Features included here are the tower bell-openings and corbels, the tower arch the N arcade, and a font that must be 13thc. but retains some 12thc. features.
9. All Saints, King's Cliffe, Northamptonshire, England

Parish church
All Saints' is a cruciform church with a 12thc. crossing tower. The tower arches have been replaced; those to east and west in the 13thc., those to north and south in the 15thc. Nave and transepts are 14th-15thc., the nave aisled with four-bay arcades and clerestoreys, all Perpendicular. Both nave doorways are under porches, the north with a datestone of the 1660s. The tower was heightened in the late 13thc., and a broach spire added, with new bell-openings straddling tower and spire. Romanesque sculpture is found in the original bell-openings, the west opening now inside the nave.
10. All Hallows, Lamport, Northamptonshire, England

Parish church
From the outside, All Hallows appears entirely 18thc. but for the W tower, the lower parts of which are 12thc.; the upper 13thc. with a battlement and a pyramid roof with a spike added on top. Inside, the nave arcade, of three bays, and the tower arch are 13thc. The first addition to the 13thc. church was the Isham chapel, on the N side of the chancel, added by Sir Justinian Isham in 1672 and built by Henry Jones of Walgrave. The rest was rebuilt following a bequest of Sir Justinian (d.1737) by the architect William Smith of Warwick. The work was completed by 1744. Since then a vestry has been added to the S of the chancel to the design of G. G. Bodley (1879). The only 12thc. work is the plain W doorway, a window above it, and a plain window in the second storey of the S tower wall. Only the W window is described; the other work being completely plain.
11. St Peter, Maxey, Northamptonshire, England

Parish church
St Peter's has an early 12thc. nave and W tower. Aisles were added to the nave in the mid (N arcade) to late (S arcade) 12thc. The original clerestorey is still visible in the aisles, but the roof was raised and new windows installed in the 14thc. The top storey of the tower is 15thc. The chancel and its arch date from the 13thc., and there is a large N chapel, added in 1367. Attached to the S of the chancel is a 13thc. treasury. The church is faced with irregular ashlar blocks. Described here are the corbels, bell-openings and arcading of the tower, the tower arch and the nave arcades.
12. St Lawrence, Radstone, Northamptonshire, England

Parish church
St Lawrence's has a 12thc. W tower and nave to which a tall, hall-church-like S aisle has been added. The arcade is apparently 14thc., and its two E capitals are carved with elaborate naturalistic foliage. There are N and S nave doorways, the latter under a porch. The chancel is early 13thc. to judge from the priest's doorway, although the chancel arch is later.
13. St Andrew, Spratton, Northamptonshire, England

Parish church
St Andrew's has an aisled and clerestoreyed nave with four-bay arcades; the N of the late 12thc., the S 13thc. with pointed arches and moulded capitals. The N and S doorways are 12thc., the N doorway under a porch. The aisle windows are renewed in an early 14thc. style. At the E end of the nave, above the chancel arch, is a large blocked window, apparently 14thc. The chancel has 14thc. sedilia. On the N side of the chancel, and separated from it by a two-bay arcade, is a chapel added by John Chambre between 1495 and 1505, now housing the organ and a vestry. This extends the N nave aisle as far as the E end of the chancel, but is screened from it. There is a 12thc. W tower with a contemporary tower arch. It is of three storeys; the lowest containing an elaborate W doorway and a blind arcade on the W face only, the next decorated with blind arcading, and the topmost with double bell-openings flanked by blind arches and a corbel table at the top. The belfry-stage lancets are Scott's replacements of Decorated windows (see Parker). It has a later recessed spire behind a battlemented parapet. The church was restored by Scott before 1849.
14. St Peter and St Paul, Sywell, Northamptonshire, England

Parish church
The church has a nave with a three-bay S aisle extending W a further bay alongside the tower and a clerestorey on the S only, a N transept, and a S doorway under a porch. The ashlar chancel, taller than the nave and with a steeply pitched roof, was rebuilt in 1862. The W tower, dated to the late 13thc. by Pevsner, appears earlier to the present author, and its windows are included in this report. The tower has been certainly rebuilt, as it has a tall plinth course, W-facing buttresses and a 19thc. W stair-turret. The aisle and porch and the N transept chapel too are 19thc. work, largely faced in brick-sized blocks of red ashlar. Inside, it is apparent that the tower arches were dramatically modified when the S aisle was rebuilt by J. Manden in 1870. 12thc. material is present, but the arrangement is extremely quirky. The tower now has arches to the nave and the extended S aisle. The S wall of the tower is pierced by a 19thc. arch, supported by a half-column respond at the W and a cylindrical pier at the E. All of this is 19thc. work, but the E pier has a reused foliage capital of c.1200. Immediately to the E of this pier is another similar, which forms the last pier of the 19thc. S arcade. The E tower arch is also unusual. Its N respond is a semi-quatrefoil with a moulded capital, both 13thc., and on the S it is supported by a quatrefoil pier with a similar capital, the pier positioned alongside the double-pier at the E of the S arch. The SE angle of the tower is thus supported by three piers. A further complication is introduced by the wave profile of the E arch soffit; a motif which belongs neither to the 13thc. nor the 19thc. Described here are the S tower arch and the tower windows.
15. St Nicholas, Twywell, Northamptonshire, England

Parish church
St Nicholas' was an early 12thc. cruciform church without aisles. The N transept has been removed, but its arch is visible inside and out. The S transept was overbuilt by a S aisle, but the arch remains as bay 1 of the S arcade, including its E respond and capital. The remainder of the S arcade is 13thc. A 14thc. clerestorey was added on both sides of the nave. The N nave doorway remains from the early 12thc. campaign; the more elaborate reset S doorway could be slightly later. Plain 12thc. windows survive in the chancel N wall, the nave N wall, the W tower W wall, and reset in the S aisle W wall. The chancel can thus be dated to the 12thc. too, although its S windows indicate a remodelling c.1300. It has a S chapel now housing the organ and vestry. Finally the 12thc. W tower is of three storeys with much-altered bell-openings and a corbel table. A parapet with quatrefoil frieze and battlements was added in the 15-16thc. there was a spire which collapsed in 1699.
16. St Michael and All Angels, Wadenhoe, Northamptonshire, England

Parish church
St Michael's has a 12thc. W tower of three storeys and a gable, with blind arcading on the N side and much-remodelled bell-openings. The N bell-opening is a 14thc. replacement. The tower also has small plain 12thc. windows in the second storey (W and S faces) and the third (S face), not described in detail. The nave has three-bay N and S aisles with 13thc. arcades, the S later than the N, and 16thc. clerestoreys. The chancel is 13thc., with a S vestry. The exterior is faced with stone rubble. Of interest is the font, certainly 13thc. since it is carved with dogtooth and floral motifs and thus not described in detail here (though illustrated). The sparse disposition of motifs on the bowl and their depth of relief indicate a prodigious volume in wasted stone. Romanesque features are confined to the bell-openings and arcading of the tower.
17. St John the Baptist, Wakerley, Northamptonshire, England

Parish church
St John's has a clerestoreyed nave with N and S aisles or chapels, just two bays long and situated at the E end, in what Pevsner calls a transeptal position. The arcades are 14thc.-15thc., and they have been pierced through 12thc. walls; on the S side a 12thc. window can be seen above the arcade pier. The chancel arch is now pointed, its arch decorated with chevron, but presumably it was originally round. The figural and foliage capitals are important sculptures by the Castor workshop. There are 12thc. blind arches to either side of the chancel arch, probably, according to Pevsner, originally reredoses for side altars. The chancel has been rebuilt, perhaps in the 15thc. At the west, the tower is 14thc. in its lower parts and 15thc. above, with a crocketed spire rising behind a battlemented parapet. Romanesque sculpture is found on the chancel arch; in the corbels now in the S aisle and more re-set outside in the E wall of the S aisle; and in sections of string course set in the interior of the S aisle and the exterior E walls of both aisles.
18. St Peter and St Paul, Weedon Bec, Northamptonshire, England

Parish church
The only medieval part still standing is the W tower. To the E of this, the nave dates from 1825 and the chancel from 1863 (E. F. Law). The curious arrangement of the nave, with wide aisles carried on timber piers flanking a low barrel-vaulted central vessel, is attributed to the 1860s by Pevsner. An octagonal parish room, known as the Chapter House, was added to the north side of the nave in 1989. The unbuttressed stone rubble tower has three 12thc. storeys and a later battlement. Original features are the plain, narrow lancets of the second storey, the bell-openings, and the rebuilt tower arch.
19. St Andrew, Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England

Parish church
St Andrew's has a four-bay aisled and clerestoreyed nave with arcades ofc.1300, the N stylistically later than the S. At the W end the tower is entered by a small 13thc. doorway rather than an arch. The chancel and its arch are 14thc. Construction is of irregular grey stone blocks. The W tower is of three storeys, containing features of the 12thc. but rebuilt. Signs of the rebuilding are most obvious on the W face, which has a central flat buttress extending halfway up the first storey. The wall to the S of this is built in three steps divided by string courses above a plinth course; to the N the wall is not articulated. The tower has 12thc. windows and bell-openings, described below, a string course, and a row of corbels well below the present upper parapet.