Church Of St Bartholomew

SLOLEY TG 22 SE 7/20 Church of St. 16:4:55 Bartholomew

• II*

Parish church. Late C13/early C14 and later. Flint with stone dressings; roofs of black glazed pantiles, lead and thatch. North west tower, nave with north and south aisles, chancel. Embattled tower of c1300; west diagonal buttresses - added in C15; west window C19 Decorated; bell openings C19 Perpendicular blocked to north. Nave of 4 bays, diagonal buttress to south west corner; C19 west window; south aisle of knapped flint; C19 4-light square- headed windows; doorway to first bay with continuous moulding with hood-mould over; blocked doorway to third bay; north aisle C19 square-headed 3-light cusped windows; south clerestorey windows of C19 having 2 lights with 4- centred arches. North clerestorey stone surrounds to 2 light cusped windows; pantile roof. Chancel of 2 bays with C19 fenestration; blocked Y-tracery window of c1300 in north chancel wall; thatched roof. Interior. 3 bay south aisle; 4 bay north aisle, late C15 octagonal piers, double hollow-chamfered 4-centred arches; arch-braced roofs to nave and chancel much restored in 1909; restored chancel arch with hood mould; cusped piscinae in south aisle and chancel. Tomb in south aisle dated 1439 to Oliver Le Gros. Fine C15 seven sacrament font. Furnishings of restoration of 1841.

Listing NGR: TG2988624123