Priory Church Of St Anthony

NOTTINGHAM

SK53NE GREGORY STREET, Lenton 646-1/7/237 (South side) 11/08/52 Priory Church of St Anthony (Formerly Listed as: GREGORY STREET, Lenton Priory Church)

GV II

Chapel of the Hospital of St Anthony at Lenton Priory, now church. Chancel c1108, remainder 1883. Additions at west end c1992. Coursed rubble and coursed squared stone, with ashlar dressings and slate roofs with coped gables. Plinth and moulded eaves. PLAN: chancel, vestry, nave with clerestory and aisles. EXTERIOR: chancel has angle buttresses and 3-light Decorated east window. South side has a pointed arched window to west, C13, and a C19 3-light flat-headed window. Vestry, to north, has flat roof and angle buttress. Porch to north with shouldered door flanked by 2-light flat-headed windows. Nave clerestory has 6 pointed arched clerestory windows each side. West gable has angle buttresses and a square wooden bell turret with lead covered pyramidal spire. Chamfered pointed arched door covered by C20 glazed lobby, and above, a 3-light pointed arched window. South aisle has buttresses and 5 flat-headed windows, 2 lights. Similar windows at each end. Buttressed north aisle, 4 bays, has 3 flat-headed windows, 3 lights, and a similar window to west. INTERIOR: rendered. Chancel has C19 moulded arch without responds, and boarded wagon roof. East end has C19 stained glass window. North side has segmental pointed opening with organ, and C19 aumbry and piscina. South side has C13 piscina and C12 window with C19 stained glass. Nave has 4-bay arcades with octagonal piers and 4-centred arches with hood moulds. Queen post roof with traceried spandrels. West end has pointed arched doorway and memorial stained glass window, 1946. Aisles have lean-to roofs and plain windows. North aisle has traceried wooden screen to east. Fittings include Arms of Charles I on board, and C19 font, pulpit, lectern, benches and stalls. Memorials include marble and slate tablet, 1833. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Nottinghamshire: London: 1979-: 253; Church guide: Lenton: 1971-).

Listing NGR: SK5528838800