Church Of Holy Cross

TL 99 NE CASTON CHURCH LANE

4/2 Church of Holy Cross

16/7/58 I

Parish Church. c1300, mid C14 and early C15. Restored 1852-54. Flint with ashlar quoins and thatched roofs. West tower, nave and chancel. C14 tower of 3 stages with diagonal buttresses. Moulded ogee west door with hood mould on labels leading to integral porch. 3-light west window above string course of reticulation units within larger units. Clock face above. 2-light cusped belfry windows in third stage. Plain parapet. South nave with central flat buttress, 3 3-light early C15 panel traceried windows. Restored 2-light windows to west and east beside diagonal buttresses, the latter below remains of blocked rectangular rood loft window. Low coped parapet on kneelers. Chancel with 2 2-light trefoiled Y windows flanking arched Priest's door. Diagonal eastern buttresses. 3-light east window of intersecting ogee type of mid C14: trefoil cusps support lozenges below encircled cinquefoil vesica. Chancel north contains one 2-light Perpendicular window and a trefoil lancet. Angle buttress to nave. Rood loft stairs. 2 3-light Perpendicular windows under 4-centred arches. Central buttress. Brick 2 storey north porch now vestry. Arched and moulded entrance. Diagonal buttresses. Square headed one-light windows to each floor. Interior Double wave moulded tower arch with polygonal capitals partly blocked with timber to form ringing gallery. Benches installed 1839. 4-centred tomb recess in north wall. Low doorway to parvis to west. Very fine scissor braced roof of early C14 with collars covered with early C15 chestnut panelling decorated with transverse and longitudinal ribs and foliate bosses. Remains of original paint. Battlemented wall plate. Early C17 pulpit panelled with deep top rail with lunette carving. Base of screen. 2 misericord stalls abut screen. Early Cl7 brass chandelier of ball and baluster turnings. 2 tiers of 9 branches rise from central shaft. Trefoil piscina in chancel.

Listing NGR: TL9593897527