Church Of St Catherine

TA 04 SW, 7/14, 7/34

LECONFIELD, ARRAM ROAD (north side), Church of St Catherine

07.02.68

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Church. C12 or earlier nave, early C13 aisles, raised in C14, late C13 chancel, C17 west tower and south porch of 1684 on date stone over door. Ashlar, red brick, coursed limestone rubble, cast-tile roofs. West tower, 3-bay nave with north and south aisles and south porch, 2-bay chancel. West tower: moulded brick plinth, stone quoins. One continuous stage with segmental-headed belfry openings with louvres and band beneath crenellated parapet. South aisle: moulded plinth, buttresses with offsets. Three 3-light square-headed windows with cusped ogee tracery under hoodmoulds. Corbel table, coped gables with cross finial. West wall of south aisle: remains of small segmental-headed pre-Conquest window with the head cut from a single block; now blocked. Segmental-headed south door with continuous roll mouldings. South porch: brick plinth. Segmental headed door with chamfered arch on rubbed brick imposts and square reveals. Date stone over. Raised coped gable. Chancel: two 2-light windows with geometrical tracery. Pointed priests' door with continuous mouldings under hoodmould with face- masks. East window of three stepped lancets. Coped gable.

INTERIOR: north and south arcades of double-chamfered pointed arches: to north, on round abaci, to south, on octagonal abaci. Octagonal piers throughout. Double-chamfered pointed chancel arch on moulded corbels with carved faces. Early C17 pulpit on octagonal pier: blank round-headed arches under fan ornament to each side. Windows in the north aisle and chancel retain small fragments of C14-C15 stained glass: heraldic in the chancel, figures in the north aisle.

Listing NGR: TA0151043748