Church of St Denys

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SK 7928 38/369

EATON CHURCH LANE (south side) Church of St Denys

(Formerly listed as Church of St Denis)

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GV I Parish church. Substantially C13 with C15 alterations. Ironstone with ashlar dressings. West tower, nave, aisles and chancel. Lead roofs.

Three stage tower supported by clasping buttresses. Lancet west window and lancets to north and south of ringing chamber. Two-light belfry windows of shaft and plate tracery: punched quatrefoil. Corbel table below crenellated parapet with angle pinnacles. Ironstone octagonal spire with one tier gabled two-light lucarnes to alternating facets. Two-light late C14 ogeed aisle windows under square hoods. South doorway with three orders of shafts with nailhead and dog-tooth. Long gabled south porch. North aisle doorway with dog-tooth. Clerestory added C15. Three two-light windows each side, those to south under triangular heads, those to north square. One C13 lancet to north chancel, three-light east window and two two-light Y tracery south chancel windows.

Interior: three bay arcade with circular piers on waterholding bases. Polygonal capitals to north, circular to south and with nailhead decoration. Double chamfered arches. Triple chamfered tower arch with polygonal responds and double chamfered chancel arch. Nave roof of canted tie beams dropping on solid arched braces to wall posts and corbels. Moulded ridge piece and one pair moulded butt purlins. C15 chancel screen of four cusped ogee lights right and left of wavy central opening. Moulded cornice above and traceried dado below. C16 chancel roof. Canted tie beams with King post spur to ridge piece. One pair butt purlins.

Listing NGR: SK7982029079