Church Of St George

MILSON

SO67SW Church of St George 582-1/5/149 12/11/54

GV II*

Church. C12 nave and chancel, restored mid C19, C13 tower. Stone rubble with ashlar dressings. Plain-tile roofs with ashlar-coped east gable, slate tower roof. PLAN: chancel, nave with south porch, west tower. EXTERIOR: chancel with C19 east window of 3 stepped lancets and a quatrefoil within a circle. C12 round-headed lancets on north and south walls. C19 diagonal ashlar buttresses with offsets. Nave: north wall with tall cusped lancet to left, 2 C12 round-headed lancets and north door with stepped stone lintel to right. South wall with tall cusped lancet to right, C12 flat-headed slit window to centre. Doorway to left with round arch of 2 orders with plain abaci, hoodmould, single shafts with plain bases, large waterleaf capital to west, scalloped capital to east. Old cross-boarded door. C19 stepped buttress each end of wall. South porch with tiled gabled roof with opening, and C14 arch-braced truss with jowled post, cambered tie beam, and framed arcade set on high stone plinth. Tower: tall round-headed lancet to west. Shingled upper stage with louvred bell-opening on each face, with pyramid slate roof. INTERIOR: chancel with C19 2-bay single-purlin roof with 2 arched hammerbeam trusses. Large high square-headed chancel opening. Nave: 3-bay twin trenched-purlin roof with chamfered purlins, old rafters and later applied windbraces. Rafters inset with old panels. 4 twin raking-strut trusses with cambered tie beams incorporating arched brace and wall posts on corbels. Double chamfered soffit to tie beam. Pointed tower arch with 2 orders on single-chamfered imposts. C16 2-tiered pulpit with carved square ornamental panels.

Listing NGR: SO6395672819