Church Of All Saints

TA 06 NE RUDSTON CHURCH LANE (north side)

9/64 Church of All Saints 30.6.66 - I

Church. C12 west tower, early C13 aisles to nave, late C13 chancel, C19 belfry, C19 porch and alterations including tracery. Ashlar with repairs in red tile, slate roofs. 3-bay chancel, 3-bay aisled nave, south porch, west tower. Nave has chamfered plinth and 3-light square- headed windows with Reticulated tracery . Low parapet to aisles; coped gable to nave with cross finial. Lower chancel with double chamfered plinth. Priest's door in west bay with nook shafts supporting 2 moulded orders. Chamfered string at sill level, 2-light windows with Geometrical tracery. Gabled buttresses with crocketed finials, low parapet. 4-light east window with Geometrical tracery under coped gable with cross finial. West tower of 3 stages. Small lancets to lower stage, sill band and 2-light belfry openings with mid-wall shafts and typanum with circular sound holes all in round-headed openings with chamfered imposts and plain reveals. Pyramidal roof behind battlemented parapet on corbel table. Interior has C12 tower arch, early C13 aisles with round piers and abaci supporting pointed double-chamfered arches, and a late C13 chancel arch. Early C14 sedilia with continuous mouldings and crocketed gables. C14 piscina with foliage and human face. C12 font with alternating circle and lozenge ornament. In the south aisle is a monument to the local authoress Winifred Holtby who is buried in the churchyard.

Listing NGR: TA0978267732