Church Of St Edmund

TL 76 SE HARGRAVE BRIDGE GREEN

1/39 Church of St. Edmund

14.7.55 II*

Church, mediaeval, restored and extended c.1869. Nave, chancel, north aisle, west tower. Random rubble walls, partly rendered; tower red brick; chancel and aisle random squared and flushed flint-, limestone-, and other rubble facing. Slated roofs. Late C12 simple south nave doorway with stiff-leaf imposts. Chancel mid-C13, heavily restored; east window 3 lancets with linked hoodmoulds, south doorway and 2-light window and north lancet all reconstructed 1869; piscina with central shaft, and window-seat sedilia with fragmentary original work. West tower added early C16 in red brick with diagonal buttressing, simple arched belfry openings, 2-light limestone traceried west window, chamfered tower-arch. 2 early C16 2-light windows in south nave and chancel walls. North arcade and aisle added 1869, removing C12 north door and window. 7-canted nave roof possibly mediaeval; ceiled, with C19 ribbed panels. Octagonal C15 limestone font with sunk quatrefoils to bowl. Damaged and restored C15 5-light screen with carved spandrels having, a fox, goose, dragon, eagle and unicorn; rood-beam above has billet and zig-zag ornament. Scissor- braced coupled-rafter chancel roof 1869.

Listing NGR: TL7667360841