Church Of St Oswald

SE 09 SW CASTLE BOLTON WITH CASTLE BOLTON EAST AND WEST BOLTON

5/2 Church of St Oswald 13/2/67

GV II*

Church. Late C14. Rubble, Welsh slate roof. West tower, nave and chancel in one, south porch, north heating chamber. 2-storey west tower, quoined, with single-light, pointed-arch west window under label and, above, a 2-light-belfry opening without mullion, with trefoiled heads to monolithic lintel; single lancet to south. Gabled porch with shaped kneelers and ashlar copings, faced with concrete internally. South doorway with continuous hollow-chamfer, and same to label. Nave and chancel: offset diagonal buttresses; three 2-light windows with curvilinear tracery, some recut, the first two with transom, and between first and second a low-side lancet window; 3 gargoyles; parapet. 3-light east window with curvilinear tracery and transom; small circular window to roof void; gable finial. Interior: tower arch of two chamfered orders, the inner on corbels, the outer with stops, and fragments of earlier carved stones built into jambs. Corbels for rood beam, with low-side window and trefoil-headed piscina with broken basin to chapel formerly below rood screen. Chancel: cusped ogee- headed niches with labels flank east window. Ogee-headed piscina with label and niches in sides for cruets. 3-seater sedilia with cusped trefoiled heads and label with heads in centre and flowers at ends, and trefoil-headed openings piercing the divisions. Nave: font with hexagonal basin, slightly shafted at three angles, on hexagonal stem and base. Medieval corbel in north wall inscribed "Tomas Ro". George IV coat of arms. VCH i, p.278.

Listing NGR: SE0336491875