Roman Catholic Church Of All Saints

THROPTON THROPTON VILLAGE NU 00 SW (South side) 16/313 Roman Catholic Church of All Saints 21.10.53 (formerly listed as All Saints RC Church) GV II*

Roman Catholic Church; late C18 or early C19, altered 1842. Horizontally- tooled stone except for west end, tooled-and-margined stone with ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roof. Aisleless rectangular plan, with presbytery (q.v.) adjoining east end. 1842 west end has boarded double doors in large moulded arch beneath 2 carved niches with corbelled sills holding figures of saints. Expanded-arm cross in gable and gabled bellcote with twin pointed arches and Greek cross finial. Stepped diagonal buttresses carrying small pinnacles. Built into wall on right of door is copy of C18 inscribed stone, the original being set in the adjacent graveyard wall (q.v.). South wall 5 bays; sill band, 2-light Y-tracery windows with hoodmoulds. 2 similar windows on north, the eastern blocked.

Interior: Plastered. Internal 3-sided apse beyond pendant screen of 3 pointed arches with crocketed pinnacle in spandrels: panelled rear wall with similar arches on paired rounded pilasters. Moulded stone font.

The Church originated as a chapel attached to Thropton Old Hall.

Listing NGR: NU0294202203