The Corpus of ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE in Britain & Ireland
Bedfordshire (pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales))
Parish church
The earliest surviving part of the church is the lower part of the crossing tower which is early 12thc. and which has two plain round-headed
splayed windows, one on the N and one on the S wall. A S aisle was added in the late
13thc. and the N aisle was rebuilt at this time. A clerestorey was also built at this
time. The chancel is 14thc. The nave and aisles were again
rebuilt in the 15thc. as was the upper part of the tower. The church underwent major
restoration in the 1950s and 60s, and the clerestorey was dismantled at this time.
The church was rededicated in 1971. Early 12thc. sculpture is found on the S doorway
to the tower.
Parish church
The church consists of nave, chancel, N aisle, W tower and vestry (the vestry abuts the N wall of the chancel). In the 12thc. it consisted of chancel, nave and W tower. The N aisle and three-bay N arcade are 13thc., the chancel was widened in the 14thc. and the tower was rebuilt in the 15thc. The S wall of the chancel and the S porch are of brick and are 17thc.-18thc. and the vestry is 20thc. The S wall of the nave is the only surviving 12thc. feature, and sculpture is found on a reused fragment and a reset tympanum.
Parish church
The church consists of chancel, nave, S porch, S transept and W tower. The upper part of the tower is 17thc. The lower
part is 12thc. There is a plain round-headed 12thc. window above the tower arch, edged
by a keeled
roll. The chancel was rebuilt in the
13thc. to14thc. and the S transept added at this time. The 12thc. nave survives, this
has a plain 12thc. window to the W of the S doorway. The chancel
arch and several reset fragments bear 12thc. sculpture.
Parish church
The ironstone church has a 15thc. W tower, 19thc. chancel, N vestry and S porch and a 12thc. nave and plain, round-headed, blocked, 12thc. N doorway with chamfered jambs. 12thc. sculpture is found on the chancel arch.
Parish church
The church consists of chancel with vestry, nave with clerestorey, N and S aisles and S porch, and W tower. The church was originally a single-cell structure with a W tower. The remains of two double-splayed windows may be seen in the S wall of the nave, these could be as early as the late 10thc. The first three bays of the S arcade are 13thc. Two more bays were added to the E in the 14thc. - Pevsner suggests c.1320. The N arcade is late 13thc. The S porch and clerestory are Perpendicular and the chancel is 19thc. by G. G. Scott (1852-54). 12thc. sculpture is found on the font.
Parish church
A large, mainly 14thc. to15thc. church, with nave, chancel, N and
S aisles of five bays and a W tower. The only 12thc. carved
feature is the font
Parish church
The church has chancel, nave with clerestory, N and S aisles, W tower and S porch. The
chancel is the earliest part of the church and is probably
Anglo-Saxon. There is a blocked, round-headed, possibly double-splayed window in the N
wall of the chancel with rubble jambs and head, which support an early date (Hare, 33).
The tower is probably late 11thc. or early 12thc. There are two round-headed windows
with arcuated lintels and rubble jambs, one on the N and one on the S wall of the ground
stage of the tower. The S aisle was added in 1275 and the N aisle in 1310. The chancel was lengthened in 1330. The upper stages of the tower are
15thc. A 14thc. S chapel, now demolished, was attached to the chancel. The clerestorey is 15thc. 12thc. sculpture is
found only on the font.
Parish church
The church has a late 11thc. or early 12thc. aisleless nave and chancel, both with
plain round-headed windows on the N. The chancel was extended in the 15thc. and the W
tower was probably also constructed at that time. Late 11thc. to early 12thc.
sculpture is found on S and W doorways, the chancel arch and W tower arch.
Parish church
The church has a chancel with vestry and mausoleum to the N, a nave with clerestorey, N
and S aisles and S porch, and a W tower. The chancel, which was lengthened in the 13thc.
has traces of blocked, round-headed windows with rubble jambs and heads and may be
Anglo-Saxon. The windows may have been double-splayed. The chancel arch and the W tower
are probably early 12thc. (the tower has a blocked round-headed window in the ground
stage of the S wall) and the nave was probably rebuilt at this time. Early masonry,
bonded with the chancel masonry, survives at the E end of the nave. The current nave and
clerestorey are 15thc. as is the top stage of the W tower and the S porch. The N and S
aisles have 13thc. arcades, the N earlier than the S. Simple 12thc. sculpture is found
on the chancel arch and there are fragments of string course on the W wall of the tower.
Parish church
Brown cobblestone church of late 12thc. to early 13thc. date with chancel, nave with S aisle and S porch, and W tower. The 12thc. tower arch has a carved keystone but is otherwise plain.